On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, the USS Laffey museum ship at Patriots Point was honored and a ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted 82 days, with fierce fighting on land and ... The crew collected red and white cloth and sewed a ...

A landscaper working on a historical film about the Battle of Okinawa uncovered human remains last summer on Ie Shima.

Shinichi Gibo survived the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 at the age of 6, but he has lived with a persistent trauma ever since. As a war orphan, he felt a deep sense of loneliness and inferiority.

The World War II Battle of Okinawa left an estimated 240,000 people killed or missing — and 80 years later, their bones are still being unearthed by dedicated volunteers. Japan’s southernmost ...

He spends much of his free time in caves like this in Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefecture, trying to bring closure to one of the most fierce and deadly battles of the Pacific war.

The Battle of Okinawa lasted 82 todays ... The crew collected red and white cloth and sewed a makeshift “rising sun” flag so he could be buried under his own colors, said Frank Clay, curator ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted 82 todays ... The crew collected red and white cloth and sewed a makeshift "rising sun" flag so he could be buried under his own colors, said Frank Clay, curator ...