Word: chinen
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...December, she mustered a U.S. diplomat and two missionaries to find six able, poor boys who would promise to return to Okinawa and help their people. Among the candidates: Hoshin Nakamura, 19, son of a small farmer in the village of Sashki. A B-plus senior at rigorous Chinen Senior High School, Hoshin had no money for college. With ease, he passed the McCain's first test: a statement of purpose. Said Hoshin...
...battle for Okinawa. In a quick amphibious maneuver, the Marines reached around the enemy's lines beyond the city, fought their way onto Naha airfield, largest in the Ryukus. Army troops on the east turned to free Baten Harbor. This week the 7th Infantry Division cut off the Chinen Peninsula in one of the swiftest advances of the campaign. Ahead lay flat, open land where the Japanese had little chance for effective defense...
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