Grenade by Alan Gratz

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Across
  1. 2. a heavy armed warship with large long rang guns
  2. 4. Large long range land based guns
  3. 6. cloth made from banana fibers
  4. 9. Japanese airplane loaded with explosives for a suicide run against enemy ships
  5. 11. a collapsible shovel
  6. 14. a military officer of high rank
  7. 17. small wood sprites from Okinawan mythology
  8. 18. permission to but off military service until a later date
  9. 19. primitive animal or natives used as an insult
Down
  1. 1. indigo tattoos worn on the back of Okinawan woman hands
  2. 3. gunfire meant to keep the enemy from shooting back
  3. 5. a blade attached to end of a rifle
  4. 7. long life short for long live the emperor
  5. 8. a fast warship with smaller guns and less armor then a battle ship
  6. 10. a system Japanese writing using Chinese characters
  7. 12. a Chinese strategy board game played with black and white stones
  8. 13. hard dry biscuits given as rations to Japanese soldiers
  9. 15. a turtle shaped Okinawan family tomb built into a hillside
  10. 16. the ruler of an empire Hirohito was emperor if japan during ww2
  11. 18. a warship smaller and faster then a cruiser