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Americans learn Japanese history through Hiroshima Peace Park visit - Mikie Watanabe, a cultural adaptation specialist with the Cultural Adaptation Program, at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, poses for a photo at the Peace Park in Hiroshima, Japan, April 26, 2019. Watanabe coordinated the Hiroshima Peace Park Visit for participants to learn more about Japanese culture and help strengthen the positive relationship between the U.S. and Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Triton Lai)

Kikuko Shinjo, better known as ‘Shinjo-Sensei,’ an 89 year-old native of Iwakuni and survivor of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima during World War II, poses in front of paper cranes donated to the Children’s Peace Monument at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan, July 15, 2016. Shinjo invited a group of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents to help her donate 1,000 paper cranes, which she folded, to the Children’s Peace Monument at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park as a symbol for peace. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin) - Kikuko Shinjo, better known as ‘Shinjo-Sensei,’ an 89 year-old native of Iwakuni and survivor of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima during World War II, poses in front of paper cranes donated to the Children’s Peace Monument at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan, July 15, 2016. Shinjo invited a group of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents to help her donate 1,000 paper cranes, which she folded, to the Children’s Peace Monument at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park as a symbol for peace. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin)