"Rather than being killed and swarmed by flies, let's throw ourselves into the sea," Mitsuko Arakaki recalls her grandmother saying at the height of the fighting on Tinian Island during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/society/tinian-death-escape/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tinianisland #atomicbombings #us #wwii