Remember the first and second world wars, when many innocent people died in the war. In particular, the Second World War, provoked by Japan, caused many innocent Chinese people to lose their lives, and the tragic death of the Japanese army is still fresh in our memory. However, the war has passed, and in this era of peace, we are advocating peaceful development.
I don't know if you remember that there was a Japanese girl holding a white flag during World War II, and after Japan's defeat, the Americans rushed to Okinawa and found this girl.
The girl who raises the white flag
In June 1945, Japan's surrender ended World War II, and American fighters stormed the Japanese island of Okinawa to rescue trapped Japanese villagers.
At this time, through a long period of mental work, a little girl with a white flag on a branch slowly came out, waving timidly at people as she walked, signaling not to shoot her.
It is said that the white flag was made of the white underwear of a Japanese soldier at that time, and we have no way of knowing whether it was an American reporter who was on the scene at the time, and this girl was a typical example of the war at that time.
The girl's father
According to the girl's recollection, we learned that her father was a native Of Japan who belonged to the Matsukawa family, but their ancestors had been living in Ruri country before, so they had not been treated.
At the time of the war, their entire family was in a small village in Japan, which was a place far away from the war, but no one could escape the war.
There were four children in her family, and in 1944, the girl's mother died, and in the same year, the war came to Okinawa, and a father with four children who were lonely and miserable was in a state of panic all day.
flee
At that time, her father was assigned to deliver food to the Japanese soldiers every day, and this opportunity also made her father hear a lot of gossip, and her father knew that the war was about to hit this small village, and it was almost impossible to hold on, so he began to tell the children: If one day he does not come back, then do not care about anything, and flee quickly.
It wasn't long before war came, and the girl ran wild, trying to find her father, but along the way she met only a kind soldier who told her to run away and leave nothing to chance.
Battle of Okinawa
We who have studied history all know that Japan's Battle of Okinawa killed and wounded countless people, and when Japan ran out of oil, we must also try our best to fight, just like this, this war that lasted for more than three months, the United States killed and wounded 65,000 people, Japan killed and wounded 70,000 people, Japan was defeated, and had no choice but to retreat to defend.
Japan is a country with a tradition of suicide, and after the defeat of the war, senior Japanese officials also committed suicide, and many customs soldiers did not want to become prisoners of the United States, and also chose to commit suicide.
girl
In the second month of the war, the girl's four siblings began to live in exile.
Suddenly one day they found their brother asleep with his eyes open, motionless, and they had lost this brother, and on the road to escape, there were many displaced people like them, and they moved with the stray crowd.
Even so, it wasn't long before the three sisters were separated, and they couldn't find each other. In those war-torn times, lonely girls fled alone.
brief summary
Unfortunately, however, the Japanese in the shelter drove her out. The lack of shelter and food reveals the dangers of human nature once again.
She was outside alone, and she found a small cave, hid in the cave, and found that there were two old people inside. The two old men lost both hands and the other blinded because of the war, but the two men kindly took her in.
Soon after, a scene from the photo showed a little girl in tattered clothes waving at people with a white chess piece and signaling not to shoot.
After finishing the incident, she began to write a memoir, telling the battle of Okinawa that she had experienced at that time, telling future generations the true history, opposing war, and cherishing peace.
In 1987, Tomoko Higa's "White Flag Girl" was officially published. Since then, people have known the true story of the "White Flag Girl".
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