Katsuyama Killing Incident

Date: July 10, 1945 • Location: Nago, Japan

Three African-American United States Marines who repeatedly raped local women in Katsuyama near Nago, Okinawa were killed by the residents and had their bodies hidden in a nearby cave for over 50 years.

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