Nansei Shoto Ryuku Islands-Loochoo Islands: A Pocket Guide Page: 15
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The burial customs require that the body be
placed in a sitting position in a box and depos.-
ited in the tomb. After three years, the bodies
are taken out, purified in alcohol, put into
jars, and re-buried in the tombs.
The Japanese troops have probably fortified
these tombs in preparation for you. After the
fighting is over, leave the tombs alone,
HISTORT
Early Chinese records show that the islands
were visited by people from the Asiatic mainland
as far back as 650 A.D. The first king of the15
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Special Publications Branch. Nansei Shoto Ryuku Islands-Loochoo Islands: A Pocket Guide, pamphlet, [1941..1946]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1677274/m1/17/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.