The 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa Tour covers the final battles of World War II, providing you with an understanding of how this historic battle affected the soldiers, sailors, and Marines who fought it as well as the Okinawan civilians.
You will travel to Japan to visit the places that made the conflict’s closing months infamous: Okinawa, Kagoshima, Hiroshima, and Tokyo. These places did not simply dominate the headlines of calendar year 1945 – they gave rise to the balance of power that defines the contemporary trans-Pacific.
Your journey will begin with a comprehensive tour of Okinawa before travelling on to the Japanese “Home Islands” of Kyushu and Honshu, and its biggest city, Tokyo.
Among the notable sites you will see is the storied Hacksaw Ridge, where the Army’s 77th Division encountered a treacherous escarpment heavily fortified with Japanese soldiers, and one conscientious objector earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for saving the lives of 75 men. You will also visit Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, providing you time to reflect on how the atomic bomb not only changed the city’s history but the history of the entire world as well.
