In 1983, Okinawa's Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper published a series of articles based on interviews with survivors of the Battle of Okinawa that looked at the experiences of civilians in the prefecture toward the end of World War II. In "Descent Into Hell: Civilian Memories of the Battle of Okinawa," translators Mark Ealey and Alastair McLauchlan group the articles together in chronological order under common themes in an attempt to share the apocalyptic struggle from the perspective of those caught in the middle of the conflict.