The social history of Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands)

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• The history in general of Okinawa

Children of US soldiers left fatherless

AP, The Straits Times, 1 August 2000. They came, dated Okinawan women, have children, then disappeared. These US servicemen left the island with no reprisals and, until recently, there was little that thousands of abandoned Okinawan women and children could do about this predicament.