In this lesson, students will learn the history of an often-overlooked part of World War II—the girls and women forced into military sexual slavery under the occupation of the Japanese army. In The Apology, three of the surviving women, nicknamed “the Grandmas,” Adela Barroquillo from the Philippines, Cao Hei Mao from China, and Gil Won-Ok from South Korea,  relate their experiences as young girls during the war and reflect on the scars this violence left on their entire lives.