Japan’s World War II Orphans Tell Their Inspiring Tales Of Resilience And Recovery
Tragic Sights For Children To Witness
Motoki and her brother weaved their way through heaps of charred bodies slumped by the roadside. The tragic sights all around that children should never have to witness filled her with regret. As they made their way through the smoldering fields to the unknown, she was overcome by feelings of condemnation.
Motoki blamed herself for not waiting for their parents and their deaths. The siblings ended up at their uncle’s home, and it started their arduous ordeal of being war orphans. They survived what is now considered one of history’s deadliest air raids that had claimed the lives of an estimated 105K people in a single night.
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