Former Korean "Comfort Women" Visit Washington DC

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 16: Former "comfort woman," Jan Ruff O'Herne, 83, poses with a symbol of her struggle, a butterfly, after a news conference at the office of Amnesty International February 16, 2007 in Washington, DC. There were and estimated 200,000 so-called "comfort women" who were sexually enslaved by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. The women have worked since 1945 "to hold the Japanese government accountable for the Japanese military's actions in World War II." Jan Ruff O'Herne, born in what is now Indonesia, was imprisoned by the Japanese military when she was 21-years-old in 1942. Separated from her family, O'Herne was taken to a "comfort station" where she was abused, beaten and raped day after day for three months. The women are now seeking an official apology and compensation from the Japanese government. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)