Official records suggest that up to 450,000 girls and women were forced into service as “comfort women,” but the actual number may have been much higher as many comfort women died or were killed on the front lines while survivors felt too ashamed or guilty to come forward after the war.
Here’s some information about comfort women:
Comfort Women Memorial in San Francisco, California, USA
Comfort Women Memorial, “Statue of Peace” in Seoul, South Korea
Comfort Women Memorial. “The Peace Monument of Glendale, Clendale, California, USA
Confort Women Memorial in the Philippines