What similarities and differences do you see between the Okinawa civilian perspective and Japanese-American (Nisei) perspective? Have your thoughts...

The Battle
of Okinawa took place between April 1 and June 22, 1945. What was meant to be the Allies' final
push toward the Japanese mainland quickly devolved into disaster for combatants on both sides.
By its end, more people lay dead in Okinawa than in any other battle in the Pacific theater. The
level of opposition American troops faced during the Battle of Okinawa contributed greatly to
the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 (a fact not lost
on either Okinawan civilians or Nisei).

Historians estimate the Okinawan
civilian casualties to be over 100,000; between one third and one half of the entire population
in 1945 died during the 81-day battle. Okinawa lies only 350 miles from the major islands and
was to be the base from which the final Allied assaults were...