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National Geographic : 1969 Sep
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Rising from rubble, Naha has erased the scars of World War II. The three-month battle for Oki nawa claimed the lives of 12,000 American and 110,000 Japanese and Okinawan servicemen and more than 75,000 civilians. Now Naha bulges with 294,000 people. The Kumoji River cuts through the city; logs in foreground feed a plywood factory. The Ryukyu an legislature occupies the com plex at right center. The islands have achieved some self-govern ment, but a U. S. Army general serves as High Commissioner. Petitioning the sea gods for good catches, a maiden prays dur ing a fishermen's summer festival at Itoman. Love of beauty in a city where flowering trees are few leads Naha residents to decorate with plastic blossoms. Island chil dren must attend school through the ninth grade; many go on to one of Okinawa's five colleges and universities. EKTACHROMES BYWINFIELDPARKS(BELOW)AND DAVIDMOORE, BLACKSTAR;KODACHROME (ABOVE)BY ROBERTO. DOUGLAS© N.G.S. 429
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