Photo & Video Gallery: November 9, 2005
Yesterday's winning vote sent us to meet Kamata Arashino, 104, and her son, both survivors of a World War II-suicide pact. View video and photos of an interview with them. Then return tomorrow for a special and final posting from the expedition team.
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Narrow Escape
Photograph by Gianluca Colla
Kamata Arashiro, 104, and her three children survived a mass suicide attempt during the battle for Okinawa in April 1945. Fearing torture and death at the hands of U.S. soldiers, more than a hundred villagers hid in a cave and then blew themselves up. Kamata protected her children from the blast by throwing a futon over them. Today she prefers to not dwell on the war.
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November 9, 2005
