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Where were the US soldiers buried in Okinawa if their families did not have them shipped back home?
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∙ 12y ago
Unfortunately, unless the soldiers were wounded and transported out by air, the dead were buried (sometimes) where they fell. Most of the time there was not enough time to bury their dead and they would simply tear off their dog tags for ID later to keep a record back in the U.S.
To my knowledge there is no Memorial Site for soldiers fighting in Okinawa.
Strangely enough, the Japanese highly reguarded "good warriors" even if they were their enemy.
Most wars are the same .. you lay where you fall. The words "Lost in Action" are a families worst nightmare. This means there is no finalization to the death of their loved one and this also applies to the Japanese people.
Marcy
AnswerActually, there is a little more to it than that previously indicated. Many war dead in Europe were transported in two phases - one involved a temporary burial. The second involved a permanent burial. In the case of my wife's dad who was KIA 4/16/45 in extreme southeast Germany, his body was evidently initially interred somewhere just west of the Rhine. Later, his body was transported to the American cemetery in the Netherlands. Many of the soldiers buried there were killed late in the war - just before xmas 1944 and on through the end of hostilities. Families had several years to have their loved ones brought home if they so desired. Indeed, I think it still remains an option, but it is no longer paid for by the government. Many families elected to leave their loved ones in Europe to rest near those withwhom they served. In cases like this it was common for the government to pay for a second marker to be used in a cemetery state side.Wiki User
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