Walk up a path from the Okinawa ... site, Army Hospital Depot Number 20 at the Haebaru War Museum, staff have recreated that stench in a vial, and offer visitors a whiff at the end of the tour.

Steph Pawelski, a US Department of Defense school teacher who curates the Okinawa Battle Sites Facebook page, is also invested in the battle site, as both of her grandfathers served at Okinawa.

Martin, of Niles, Mich., was killed when a shell fragment struck him in the chest on May 15, 1945, as 6th Marine Division ...