The Himeyuri students (姫百合学徒隊, Himeyuri Gakutotai; Himeyuri Student Corps), sometimes erroneously called "Lily Corps" in English, was a group of 222 students and 18 teachers of the First Okinawa Girls' High School and Okinawa Women's Normal School formed into a nursing unit for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. They were mobilized by the Japanese Army on March 23, 1945.
The Himeyuri students (姫百合学徒隊, Himeyuri Gakutotai; Himeyuri Student Corps), sometimes erroneously called "Lily Corps" in English, was a group of 222 students and 18 teachers of the First Okinawa Girls' High School and Okinawa Women's Normal School formed into a nursing unit for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. They were mobilized by the Japanese Army on March 23, 1945.
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