A newspaper from the end of World War II with the headline “Peace” in all capital letters lies on display at the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum in Itoman, Okinawa. A memorial service honoring the fallen men and women of the Battle of Okinawa was held on the 70th anniversary of the end of the battle June 23, at the Okinawa Peace Memorial Park. The ceremony had approximately 5,400 people in attendance from Okinawa and other prefectures. Honored guests included Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe; Governor of Okinawa Prefecture, Takeshi Onaga; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy; U.S. Consul General, Alfred R. Magelby; Deputy Commanding General United States Forces Japan, Brig. Gen. Mark R. Wise; and Commanding General of Marine Corps Installations Pacific, Brig. Gen. Joaquin F. Malavet among others. During the ceremony there was a minute-long moment of silence at noon along with flowers brought to the front to honor the dead. Abe and Onaga also gave speaches expressing their grief and sorrow over the nearly 200,000 lives lost during the battle.