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Suicide Cliff - location where Japanese civilians and soldiers took their own lives by jumping to their deaths in July 1944 in order to avoid capture by US troops. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] skizzles 3 points 2 weeks ago

I was unaware that there are were two from that time period.

There's another one in Okinawa which is now known as Peace Prayer (or Memorial) Park.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_Prefectural_Peace_Memorial_Museum