Cornerstone of Peace

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Cornerstone of Peace (Heiwa no Ishiji,平和の礎)[1] in Okinawa Honto is a secular war memorial for the victims of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. It is one of monuments in Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park(沖縄戦跡国定公園). It was erected in 1995 in memory of the 50th anniversary of the battle. It is located in Mabuni, the area of the last fighting in the battle. Similar to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC the memorial focuses on the names of those that died in the battle. However, it takes the unique approach of trying to list all the names, military and civilian from all countries involved. As of June 2007 it contains 240,609 names.[2]