Discover the powerful and poignant story of the Himeyuri Student Corps—female students who were mobilized as assistant nurses in 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa—in 'Himeyuri and Hawaii,' a traveling exhibition from the Himeyuri Peace Museum in Okinawa that will be on display from September 5 to January 31, 2024, at the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu's James & Abigail Campbell Library. The exhibit examines the connection between Himeyuri and Hawaiʻi and shares the story of the Himeyuri Student Corps—consisting of students from the Okinawa First Girls' High School and the Okinawa Female Normal School—who were mobilized in 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/09/01/himeyuri-and-hawaii-exhibit

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