Words of Japanese School Girls Who Were Forced to Become Battlefield Nurses in WW2 (Himeyuri)

Words from the Himeyuri girls during the Battle of Okinawa in WW2.
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[@kookieskreamy1270]

I love your channel I love to learn about Japanese history and culture and your channel is amazing everything is easy to understand since English is not my first language So thank you!

[@Linfamy]

Glad you like! 👍

[@karaqakkzl]

Still not worse than sum NH4NO3 with BBC Egg Fried Rice

[@justanotherisekaiprotagoni7293]

Have u watched Barefoot Gen before?

[@shellodee]

Battle Royale was based on a true story? 😳😳 Everything in this was said in the movie, with the scene to match it 🙁

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

These kids have been through much on such a young age, good lord.

[@passingby8557]

17 is not that bad from the title i thought they were like 10

[@joanhoffman3702]

"I would rather die in an open field under the bright sun." That's when my eyes grew wet. When will we learn to be better humans?

[@Linfamy]

Yeah thats one got me too

[@fadillangston9797]

Cruelty is one of the most human traits there are, unfortunately.

[@RookieSDR]

That got to me as well.

[@arctrog]

There is no cure for human unkindness, the prosperity of our tribe is always a justification for violence against another, horrific, but idiomatic.

[@MadamePianissima]

When Japan fucked around and found out.

[@Linfamy]

Worst thing I ever had to deal with in school was other students.

[@aaroncohen2700]

Did you heart your own comment?

[@Linfamy]

@@aaroncohen2700 affirmative

[@aaroncohen2700]

@@Linfamy Aight that's dope. Big fan of your vidoes by the way.

[@Linfamy]

@@aaroncohen2700 thank you, glad you like! :)

[@karaqakkzl]

Still nothing than sum NH4NO3 with BBC Egg Fried Rice

[@Figgy5119]

I just got back from Okinawa. Everyone was so crazy friendly there, especially the grandmas and grandpas. Living through terror makes you appreciate life more, perhaps.

[@Figgy5119]

@steve gale I live in Japan, so domestic flights aren't cancelled. We did go into the international terminal though to look for restaurants and it was eerily empty.

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

steve gale I have a guildie stuck in london lol. Luckily I am retired military so i can hop onto space A

[@luisphelipecarvalho5990]

Those people aren't the same 2WW generation... Just saying

[@Figgy5119]

@@luisphelipecarvalho5990 why not? Just because they may not be old enough to have been adults during the war doesn't mean they weren't kids and doesn't mean they didn't face struggles of rebuilding their lives after the war... Although I didn't meet any, Okinawa is famous as the place with the most people over 100 years old, definitely making them alive during world war II.

[@Noelciaaa]

@@Figgy5119 Yes, also having people who were survivors as parents shapes you as a person as well. You will inevitably "inherit" that perspective on life because they are your role-models and from the stories they'd told you. My country has gone through tough times as well, after the WWII and I can see me, who's directly a child of parent's who've lived through it is very different from the new generation whose parents were spared that.

[@h.m.s.belfast4047]

I'm grateful that I was born and grown-up in peace time. And anime as well.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Ah, a fellow shikikan of culture

[@kookieskreamy1270]

I dont think this "peace" is gonna remain for much longer Anime will though

[@Linfamy]

And sushi

[@user-jn1ts4wl1c]

Fucking weeb

[@karaqakkzl]

But @@Linfamy It's Still nothing than sum NH4NO3 🔥 with BBC Egg Fried Rice 🍚

[@tatianasilva7133]

The worst thing about war is that innocent people have to pay for the hideous choices of a few who are just giving orders from the comfort of their well protected safe rooms.

[@savannahs5439]

putin

[@area609joe2]

I had back surgery while I awake, It was surreal. So I can’t imagine how these men and women kept their composure especially dealing with infection. Brutal.

[@Linfamy]

Yikes that must've sucked. Glad it went alright.

[@ukeyaoitrash2618]

Why if I might ask??

[@sha-woo2013]

@@ukeyaoitrash2618 probably scoliosis, those surgeries are often done awake

[@JonWintersGold]

Well that was a lovely bed time story...

[@Linfamy]

[@abdullahanwar7912]

Ok step sis go to sleep :)

[@thatonecubchoo1541]

I felt a sort of relief at the story with the American soldier who showed empathy. That soldier knew the girl wasn’t to blame for any of the violence, she was caught up in a war she may have not wanted part of. I wish all soldiers know that and have a choice to not hurt civilians, even though air strikes do not often allow for no civilian casualties.

[@jaimeliew4875]

I hope none of us and our future generations will never need to experience these again.

[@Noelciaaa]

people actually do experience that as we speak, just not in the so-called "first world"

[@mintymimics213]

its terrifying enough that we don't learn the full stories in history books. It's even more terrifying that people had to go through moments and months of physical, psychological, mental, and emotional pain. But the thing that horrifies me beyond belief is the fact that there will be stories that we will never hear since there were so many that died before they could vent and share their stories. And if that isn't bad enough, it's the fact that due to all of the previously mentioned, we will never completely know exactly how traumatizing that all could have been.

[@balancemantis4381]

The stories that finally "come out" always hit me deeply. Many aren't spoken of. My adopted uncle of sorts was forced into a Native American prison "school" amongst numerous other tribes who didn't share his language or culture, had his name stripped, replaced and braids shaved off. Kids died and were buried there. Sometimes the family never got justice for handing their little children over. The comfort women of Korea who were stolen and literally raped until their nethers were wounded beyond repair by the Imperial Japanese aren't spoken enough about in my opinion. Imagine these kids having their entire sexual maturity stolen and destroyed before even reaching puberty. Hundreds of times a day they were used like dolls. Don't even get me started on the Nanking Massacre or the horrid human experiments done on people at Unit-731 that my own government let slide so we could get their research just like we did with the Nazi research. The world governments and propaganda based on fear and control are what cause all this hurt, fear and distrust. Literally civilians of almost every country I've met are just like us when you strip away all that detrimental shit that makes you worship your land and demonize the others. We all bleed the same red.

[@mvshenhon8966]

I honestly can't get over the stories we don't know, and likely will never learn. Because the people who went through them never survived to talk about it

[@andro7862]

​@@balancemantis4381 Human cruelty has no limits. The only way to protect yourself and those you love is to become strong, as those who are weak will always be the punching bag of evil men.

[@BuckBlaziken]

Some of the girls at my school when I was back in high school couldn’t really handle even the sight of blood. It’s hard to imagine any high school girl would have to witness all of this for months on end and still be expected to stay vigilant and perform under high stress. I seriously hope no more young people have to ever experience what these girls had to experience.

[@goldenpony822]

Huh at least thousands if not millions are experiencing it right now, perhaps just not where you live at.

[@thereza3]

@@goldenpony822 last time i checked there isnt any war going on

[@goldenpony822]

@@thereza3 thats not a requirement

[@zoura3113]

@@thereza3 there is now

[@thereza3]

@@zoura3113 yes

[@firedrakeillusional9862]

War is something that should be avoided at all cost.

[@reizayin]

Sometimes the alternative is worse.

[@firedrakeillusional9862]

@@reizayin Now that's true 💯

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

We will all be reminded in the near future.

[@ScandiNinja]

It's disgusting to think some people want war or like it. There truely are mad ppl on the world.

[@ukeyaoitrash2618]

@@firedrakeillusional9862 no, never. Never war. Never this. Nothing is worse.

[@davidfromkyushu6870]

What happened in the cave/hole (its more of a hole) with Kaneshiro Kikuko's group almost had an even sadder ending because Kikuko was visibly holding their group’s other suicide grenade. After Taira-sensei had blown up his group the Americans pointed their guns at her but held their fire; one girl yelled at her to put the grenade down. An American soldier grabbed the grenade from her hands before she could decide what to do. It would have been easy to arm the grenade in the same motion used to put it on the ground. (Details taken from Japan at War:An Oral History and Himeyuri Girl: A 16-Year Old's Battlefield)

[@kookieskreamy1270]

These girls had to grow up before they were ready and had to go through a living nightmare just because of their country

[@user-jn1ts4wl1c]

That's been every country during ww2 not only in japan

[@kookieskreamy1270]

@@user-jn1ts4wl1c yeah I know Every country lost it's citizens from soviet union to america to japan, the loss and tragedy of world war 2 can be seen to this day yet we still haven't learned a thing from the past

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

Fun thing to know, Okinawans have never really considered themselves “Japanese” similar to Sicily.

[@pragueexpat5106]

The soldiers were 18-20 boys too

[@pragueexpat5106]

@steve gale who are you referring to as "we"?, are you Japanese?, were you in WW2?..

[@theMOCmaster]

ugh war is too scary, one guy runs in and guns down 4 civilians while another guy is out there disinfecting your wounds theres no way to know who to surrender to. Those 8 girls only surrendered because a soldier wanted their grenades to continue the fight

[@ShamanMcLamie]

One guy who shot the four civilians was probably in the middle of fighting soldiers and well you see a bunch of people who don't look like fellow American soldiers, your in survival mode and your first instinct is to just kill them before they kill you. Also one thing to consider is that they had grenades. The point of the grenades wasn't actually suicide, but for civilians to use against the Americans, unfortunately the Japanese propaganda was too effective. In some propaganda material they even said the Americans would eat them. That's part of why it was so hard to surrender. Many thought it was certain death, maybe even worse.

[@atom8248]

@@ShamanMcLamie Yeah, the americans weren't being evil, it's just that anyone could randomly blow you up if you weren't careful

[@zDraxi]

3:10 The girl is so kind for caring like that about the soldier in that situation and the soldier is so honorable to suffer in silence.

[@VaqueroCoyote]

10:25 Poor bastard just wanted to see the end of it, damn their insane ideology of no surrender that wasted so many young lives.

[@fearurdemise8835]

Bruh wym lmao. Ain’t the guy try to surrender and he just got popped. The same could have happened to other people.

[@diddlypoop4722]

@@fearurdemise8835 He was shot by a comrade for surrendering.

[@hektor6766]

@@diddlypoop4722 The Bushido Code includes benevolence. Tojo Hideki seems to have forgotten that.

[@darkness988]

Oh, shit, wait.. So it wasn't the Americans that shot down the guy wading through water to get to them? I totally interpreted it as Americans using the "we won't kill you, surrender" as just a way to gain trust and then brutally turn on anyone who falls for their trickery, not that it was their own allies/people gunning them down. That changes things from one kind of a dark and fucked up to another. Although I'm not exactly sure which would be worse. On the other hand, suffering, hardships etc aren't meant to be stack ranked. Just acknowledge them as being unfortunate and be equally generously empathetic to everyone, ideally.

[@YingofDarkness]

@@darkness988 No, he was shot from the back so he couldn't have been shot by the Americans who were in front of him. This is the other reason many didn't surrender. The Americans had been extremely villainized, and the Japanese were shooting down anyone who surrendered. It was a lose-lose situation all around for many civilians.

[@LabraDoodleDraws]

The fact that all the girls were so dedicated/fear mongered as to plan on commiting suicide rather than surrender is so sad. Especially all those girls in the cave with the hand granade. Their friend made it out. They mightve been able to survive. But they were so scared and determined not to surrender, so scared and tramuatized from what they were thrust into, they chose to end it all rather than live for that hope. Its heartbreaking to think about, some of those girls were just a few years older than me.

[@darryljack6612]

There is no such thing As a Beautiful War. 😔

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

No, but it where beautiful souls are forged. In war you are as free to be as evil and cruel or magnanimous and merciful as you truly are. You learn that you can easily be a monster, but your desire to maintain humanity causes incredible circumstances. When you can both become a monster to protect your friends, but able to offer comfort, mercy and understanding for your enemy, you become something most others can’t become through shared suffering and a true understanding of the human condition.

[@jasleensethi3814]

Trump would disagree

[@akki7unknown628]

Unless it a maniac who we are talking to

[@terryd8530]

US media disagree

[@crypto66]

This is the stuff prospective authors should read if they want to properly portray the horrors of war. Holy shit.

[@jerrycampbell9376]

PTSD, anyone? The utter shite these kids had to endure, on BOTH sides, is almost beyond imagining....

[@DarkW0lverine]

Unfortunate as it is, this is kind of the way it's always been. The idea of hospitals and bedside manner is a 20th century thing. When wars happened; the men would be out fighting and dying, meaning only women and kids were around for anything else that needed doing - like tending to the wounded

[@Crosshill]

at least it didnt typically happen in smelly caves, thank goodness

[@idek7438]

I recently came across a book by an Italian author about the women who carried supplies and ammo up the eastern Alps to the troops during WW1, and they'd come down with the wounded and the dead. Several women were shot by Austrian snipers or fell to their death on these steep mountain trails. Very interesting. Even in Italy it's a very niche aspect of that time period that isn't often talked about.

[@bensoncheung2801]

123 👍

[@meetaverma8372]

Now my joke about himeyuri being a genre of "video" seem rather sad and harsh, I feel bad

[@Linfamy]

No worries :)

[@MrKIMBO345]

Wow. That were horrible experience for some girls in the World War 2 Pacific ocean.

[@Linfamy]

Glad I wasn't born back then.

[@karaqakkzl]

Still's nothing than sum NH4NO3 🔥 with BBC Egg Fried Rice 🍚

[@itsblitz4437]

Far more worse than others, ask the girls in China then?

[@Anonemus7]

Thank you for this. I've heard about the Himeyuri before, but I've never read any of their letters. This gives an important and chilling perspective on the war, and the cruelty these young girls had to face. Good video, Linfamy.

[@bensoncheung2801]

42 👍

[@huichan8296]

Never thought I’d say this about Linfamy’s videos but THIS ONE IS NOT FOR FAINT HEARTED OR THOSE WITH WEAK STOMACH! 😢😢😢

[@Linfamy]

Yeah this one's a little tough 😅

[@dogeeatsveggies]

to be honest, this episode is making me so emotional, listening to their experiences makes my chest hurt and i just want to cry. the world should never repeat war ever again. to calm down, i'll just rewatch the story about chigos, kagemas and youth boys.

[@Linfamy]

that second half of your comment XD

[@ukeyaoitrash2618]

15:00 that soldier though. Bitten and still just smiled and helped her. Well he understood she was a victim I guess...

[@RK-os6mr]

I used to live in Okinawa as a child and still vividly remember visiting himeyuri..

[@muhammadhafizi166]

this is so disturbing yet interesting because this is reality so sad for them T.T

[@exceptionallyriso]

welp I wanted to watch it again cause I wanted to say I am glad I was born in 2008 buuutttt I am extra lucky because Linfamy is one of those youtubers who read their comments which I like very much :3 cause he cares about the viewers

[@Linfamy]

Yeah we have it pretty good today 🥂

[@zoura3113]

imagine one day you're hanging out at school with your friends then the next day you're trying desperately to keep hundreds of men alive in a dark dingy cave with blood everywhere

[@SonyaFlynn]

I was awake during a short operation on my chest ,a non cancerous growth had to be removed.even though it was numb I could feel the tools tugging at the skin and my blood trickling down my chest and it was honestly something I hope to never repeat I hated it,so I can't begin to imagine how these poor people felt getting operated on like that.

[@yuuji3795]

even if they phrase the scenes they went through it will never be able to emulate the suffering theyve been through, much respect to these kids

[@matthewct8167]

Thank you for upholding their memory. It’s a shame that this video will be demonetized :(

[@missavella8624]

The man with bitten hand is a personal hero now.

[@Linfamy]

Finally, a good story o.o

[@rosalindmatteson3697]

I "liked" this video not because I liked it, but because it was very powerful!

[@DeltaSergeant]

This was intense, thanks for making the video. I will say though, the story of the surrendering Japanese soldier, in the context given in this video it sounds like he was shot by his fellow Japanese. In the original video made, you made it sound like he was shot by Americans. Sad as it is to say, for the Pacific front, neither outcome would be unbelievable.

[@buttbuttson737]

Unfortunately, many Japanese soldiers would also feign surrender and try to kill the GIs they were surrendering to as a last ditch effort. This led to many Americans not accepting surrender out of fear.

[@ukeyaoitrash2618]

@@buttbuttson737 and quite a few had been seen blowing up kids with hand grenades and shooting civilians for trying to surrender, which undoubtedly did not exactly endear the ija to any us soldier present. When the kids surrendered it usually went fine like with the girl here who bit the soldier and he still just smiled. Us soldiers saved a ton of Japanese civilians in these battles. They did not take kindly to the officers or soldiers, bit then again, if I see some shitbag shoot people for trying to surrender, blowing up kids with hand grenades, or shoving them out of their cave unto the battlefield I would be pissed too...

[@ladyicondraco]

Thank you for doing this, I can't imagine how hard this was to not only read, but to read aloud.

[@Linfamy]

[@taekwongurl]

That was powerful. Glad I heard it, but I'm probably going to go and pour myself a drink now.

[@Linfamy]

Cheers 🥂

[@jonl7855]

Most of the comments say how they went through so much, but I think what’s most sad is that almost all of these brave girls did not even survive. All they went through, only to be left for dead.

[@Linfamy]

Some of them did survive, so that's a bit of good news

[@jonl7855]

@@Linfamy Yeah you’re right. It’s good to see appreciate the light in the darkness too.

[@EmaA-pu7nc]

This is so sad. War is such a terrible thing :

[@willgrant719]

what an amazing job tough source material. but you made it easy to digest thank you

[@torvok8848]

This is intense wow he really put us in the scene your great storyteller

[@Linfamy]

[@ScandiNinja]

Urgh I almost felt sick about the teacher blowing up. Please do more! This is such a fascinating part of history!! !! I would love to hear. Also is there one about someone who surrendered and their thought's afterwards of the Americans.??? Being maggot infected sounds so disgusting 🤢

[@Linfamy]

Ikr? I tried putting myself in the shoes of that teacher and... ugh :(

[@johnbolton292]

Thanks for sharing this. These are some sad stories, but relate a kind of hell from a perspective many of your listeners won't be able to fathom via sympathy or empathy. War is cruel and while for many, it's not even close to a much worse hell, it's horrifying what some of these civilian women and men went through as what amounts to conscripted nurses. I think that the worst kinds of hells on earth are experienced through the mind, and I'm sure many of these survivors would relate the same thing, having seen and gone through certain trauma and the perhaps waking up to a nightmarish flashback more than once in their lives. I'm going through my own kind of hell now and have been for 6, nearly 7 years right now, where I am unable to see and interact with some that I love because I'd attempted to keep them financially sound and at least currently, have failed to keep that and other things together, all while having been harassed and perhaps even monitored to assist with harassing me during this time. Still, there is no comparing one person's hell to another since the psyche determines what is too much individually and not as a group. I just hope my own hell ends sooner than later because I still have many beautiful things I want to share with the good people if the world to keep their lives brighter and getting brighter on average more and more. I pray to God that my own suffering ends soon, and though there are no dead bodies or amputations near me, again, you can't compare one person's hell to another. It just doesn't work. Hopefully deliverance from it will happen soon and I can gift to most the kinds of things I offer, like cleaner water, more energy, more seafood, no more trash or chemical pollution (besides nuclear, which I can't solve now), as well as games, stories, and above all else, the importance of ethics between all people of any given strata if we want to keep things improving and not fall into wars again. Nearly 7 years of suffering that I either deserved and didn't know it, or that is a kind of payment for better things later perhaps. I'm glad most who suffered in WWII are now resting in peace. It helps sooth the world and many to identify the real problems of today versus being trapped in notions of the past. Plus, no more nightmares for them.

[@Linfamy]

That's sad to hear, but hang in there, I hope things get better for you ❤

[@johnbolton292]

@@Linfamy thank you. And thank you for being real and doing things like answering these comments that I'm sure you get plenty of. Keep being awesome.

[@squarerootof-1307]

That's sounds painful.

[@Linfamy]

Quite

[@bleep4288]

Well, no shit Sherlock...

[@madame360]

Thank you for sharing this Linfamy....so sad.

[@Linfamy]

Thanks for watching =)

[@qilorarv4999]

This is heartcrushing, such despair

[@deadgirlalive]

These videos are super necessary but I feel that a punch in the stomach would be more pleasant. I wonder what happened to them after the war, after the grew up, how these stories came to be. I would read a book about it but it's a very obscure topic, at least in m country. We do have Gen manga, which is also a heart wrenching story y.y

[@Ede_Rapina]

Okay, i hate youtube. It won't send me your video notif, so i had to search your yt channel myself, and glad to see your still postong

[@B.u.n.n.y.]

Poor kids, I can’t even look at a dead body that died a peaceful death! These are high school memories that you will never forget no matter how much you want to.

[@haku-chan9065]

Okay, I've watched Ghibli's Grave of the Fireflies with my parents a few days ago, and damn, there came the waterworks! But listening to the account of girls around my age and younger FORCED to become field nurses during WW2 and were told lies about the Americans torturing them while running around for their lives, witnessing hideous scenes of their friends, teachers, and the soldiers that they're sent out to take care of dying? OH MY TAILS...

[@Linfamy]

Oh your TAILS? 😂 Yeah Grave of the Fireflies destroyed me too...

[@haku-chan9065]

@@Linfamy bruh. 😅😂😂 That definitely gave me chills, bruh. Nice vid! Keep it up!

[@MoiraMcGill]

This is some powerful stuff. Very impactful

[@RedOctober2011]

It is very important for all young people of all nations to know this history. Whether to never repeat it, or to know what the consequences are of not resisting it when it does start to repeat. Short form videos are easy to take in. The Internet is fantastic for getting this history out to a wider audience. Good work Linfamy.

[@matthewawesome1212]

Can you do some more accounts like this from different parts of the war

[@Linfamy]

Maybe, if I can find em.

[@philcollins5457]

I'm not often moved to tears, but hearing the stories of these women does so. I guess it moves me so much because i think not only of the days of horror they had to endure, but of those who had to endure similar days of horror whose stories we will never know. War is an awful thing; full of death, yes, but full of misunderstandings, missed connections and horrific coincidences. I weep that things must be so.

[@thedoruk6324]

Welp! This upload was both Terrifying & Depressing :(

[@amsel256]

Great video

[@psykogamerous8391]

I really like the video it fucking made cry because I have wild sometimes realistic imagination and the moment the part where their singing before suicide really hit the feels. Also can you video about any badass Japanese soldiers from any world war1 and 2 era

[@oneproudpeacock6901]

At least they weren't forced to become comfort women god forbid

[@skyguy8786]

literally this. they still had a way better time than the majority of other women from colonialized countries. it would be nice if this guy covered this in detail, but judging by the general vibe im getting, its looking pretty fucking unlikely.

[@jackeldridge4225]

Once again. Damn good work, and fuuuuck. The shit we do to each other sometimes is just mind blowing.

[@marley7659]

Sometimes I don't even know why they made these wounded soldiers suffer so much. Mercy killing would have been on my mind the whole time for the seriously wounded with no chance of recovering.

[@VioletJazz]

I bet all of the survivers developed severe PTSD and the some who are alive today never found peace, it's so sad and heartbreaking. This is why I find war just stupid and cruel

[@musiclover01ization]

This was a good video Those girls went through some horrible things.

[@robertb.seddon1687]

No visual aid required to "see" this hell.🔥

[@justanotherisekaiprotagoni7293]

We needa get this man channel to 200 k asap

[@Linfamy]

[@lovelybeani]

I'm thankful that I was born in a time there is no war or pain or suffering or fear that past of girls and boys and people have to go through every horrible things.

[@timalley3906]

I scrolled through some of the comments to check if anyone else had said this yet, so my apologies if someone else has already said this "Corpsman" is pronounced "core man" and means medic. It's the Marine Corps (also pronounced "Marine Core") and Navy term for medic and describes the same person

[@Linfamy]

Dangit. I looked it up beforehand and it said both pronunciations are acceptable 🤷‍♂️

[@timalley3906]

Linfamy Hey Linfamy, I want to apologize. It appears that I was wrong. I watched a documentary narrated by a retired Navy officer a few days ago and the narrator always pronounced "corpsman" like "cores-man". "Core-man" is definitely more common but if that's how some Navy personnel say it then it's safe to say it's an accepted pronunciation. Sorry for my previous comment. Otherwise, thank you for making this video! The civilian toll during the Battle of Okinawa is often completely overlooked, and the story of the Himeyuri girls is often unknown and unmentioned in English language sources on the battle despite how tragic it is. Videos like this are an invaluable resource for people to quickly learn new parts of history, and you're doing a great service by making these. Thank you!

[@Linfamy]

@@timalley3906 oh no need to apologize 🙂. Thanks for confirming about the pronunciation. And yeah, there is not enough content on Japanese history out there. I hope I've gotten a few people interested :)

[@oravasong6111]

Good mourning and thank you

[@Linfamy]

Morning!

[@EspressoStreams]

I keep coming back to this video and its companion. I lived in Okinawa for a while, not far from the museum and the big cave where all of the girls died. WW2 stories in the West are usually about heroism, brotherhood, and such. The stories from the students hit so much different. The Okinawa stories just make me feel something brutally real that I can't get from any other nation. Maybe it's because it's my family and my history, but it's not fluffed or moralized. It's just all awful. The worst part about all of this is even the soldiers from the mainland couldn't speak to civilians properly. Okinawa dialect is so different from Tokyo or most mainland Japanese that the communication was insanely bad. No one could talk to each other. Everyone was scared, people from the same country hated each other because Okinawans were looked at as something dirty-- still are. Everything was just.. bad. The soldiers had no problem treating civillians like that because Okinawans were never looked at as people. They couldn't be proper people in their eyes, so their lives didn't matter.

[@darkangelprincess101]

I can't even imagine how it must have felt to be those girls. It's horrible just to hear about it

[@EVOXSNES]

2:07 ngl I burst out laughing and was literally in tears at this xD

[@Linfamy]

😂

[@iamthepunisher47]

Hell itself... Similar to Nepal It was also Hell during my time on Vietnam.

[@Lunamine]

This is here that you see the horrendous, spine chilling effects of the war, and all of that for the sake of/ because of some corrupted politicians. Just thinking about the similar experiences countless people went through, truly horrible !

[@AcroStiel]

Poor girls, forced into bloody work then kicked out to survive on their own… Rest In Peace to any teachers and girls whom died in this terrible war.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

*Everybody

[@canis2020]

Time to feed the algorithm kami

[@meozy4365]

So much respect to the children in wars. The people amidst war in general. May the martyred and passed rest in peace.

[@louisefarber7573]

I am halfway through and sobbing.

[@TowerVP]

Mad respect to the officer in Aragaki Setsu's part.

[@redberyl9157]

I'm speechless. It's so sad.

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

I wish these kind of stories were forcibly read before any war declaration.

[@prometheus7387]

Is this a follow-up? Noice!

[@Linfamy]

Kind of

[@Spacecorgi]

My small inconveniences seem microscopic now.

[@aristobrat4987]

the man shot in the shoulder didnt want to force a child to console him over wounds from war, i cant imagine why else youd deny useless comfort in a time of war

[@marc9324]

*Japan invades China* *The Chinese Fight Back* Japan: Oh boy, war crime time!

[@pixelatedmess9269]

This is Okinawa.

[@overlordvera4014]

13:24 He sounds like a good guy...it's a shame, good chance he didn't make it through the day.

[@SarcasticPossum]

War.War never changes.

[@akirashinsa]

Man I'm weak at heart. I cant handle this video. Sorry I'm not watching this

[@Linfamy]

No worries

[@akirashinsa]

@@Linfamy thanks

[@B3rry_strawberry]

DxD for life Try watching his other videos! it's filled with interesting facts and stories about japan

[@akirashinsa]

@@B3rry_strawberry I already watched the others.i can't handle too much edgy stuff

[@user-jn1ts4wl1c]

Lmfao

[@TheQuestionmarkstudi]

So just looked up “furusato”, and yeah definitely completes the imagery there..

[@RemainsOfDarky]

I'm sobbing.

[@RemainsOfDarky]

Still sobbing, this is heartbreaking

[@carrienicholasxo415]

These videos make me so sad 😭😭😭💔

[@thomashenderson5909]

Hard to take,listen to....So much I could say(teach)..love Japan

I'm just glad I didn't choose meal time to watch this one, as I do with many other gross videos. Edit: Linfamy, this is the most horrifying video you made. And it's horrifying in so many levels.

[@Linfamy]

I'm sorry 😬. Unrelated, but why do you watch gross videos while eating? O.o

It's by accident. It happens that I open a bunch of tabs with different videos. Then, I get hungry, grab a bite to eat while watching and, closed tab by closed tab, I get to the gross ones. They usually coincide the grossest parts with the fullest mouth. It's my cross to carry, I guess.

[@Linfamy]

@ I see 😅. Well somebody's gotta do it.

[@user-qj7qq6lw2n]

Knowing this all is real and happened makes it so horrible. It's kinda scary ngl.

[@shaggythewriter8185]

Renzoh's shakuhachi is crying rn...

[@Randomperson-sz2gq]

Eventhough this pandemic is giving hard time but thank god i didnt born in 1900 to face spanish flu and 1st, 2nd world war... and here, i m desperate with my allergy and cold omg

[@Linfamy]

Hope you get over that cold soon!

[@MisterCynic18]

if you live long enough you might see it come back around

[@claudiatojo3217]

That was a very terrifying video.... Thank you... Not pleasant... But still... I'm sure a lot worse happened without being told...