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Okinawa, Japan
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Voting results for
November 9, 2005


Meet a suicide pact survivor
71% with 665 votes

Pick fruit with a 79-year-old citrus farmer
14% with 138 votes

Cut sashimi with a sushi chef
13% with 130 votes


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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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Remnants of War
Photograph by Gianluca Colla

U.S. forces bombarded Okinawa with more than a million rounds of ammunition during World War II.


 

 



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