Most importantly, the war was not only between Vietnamese and Americans, but rather between two independent Vietnams locked ...

American involvement in the Vietnam War came to an end when troops from ... Marine Security Guards toward the waiting deck of the USS Okinawa. Its departure marked the final mission of the massive ...

Flags of both countries ... The reparation request was filed in 2015 by the Okinawa Kenjin of Brazil Association, which stated that after the outbreak of World War II, members of the Japanese ...

A former US World War II-era warship, which survived two of the Pacific War’s most important battles, was supposed to be used ...

Japan's now-defunct Imperial military fought US forces in the southwestern prefecture 80 years ago in what is known as the Battle of Okinawa. More than 200,000 people, including civilians ...

It was an image that instantly became an American historical icon. But the haze of war and human memory shrouded the ...

NAHA--Kiyoshi Uezu and his parents lived through the Battle of Okinawa, but he feels they never truly “survived” the war. Both Okinawa and the Uezu family have a long history of suffering and ...

NAHA CITY, Okinawa — Okinawa’s prefectural government lodged formal protests Friday with Japanese and U.S. authorities following a Marine’s indictment in an alleged sexual assault — the ...

Knutson-Collins, a 28-year-old from Battle Creek, served in the Army for over 7 years. 3 other soldiers died in the accident and were posthumously promoted to staff sergeant. Flags will return to ...

(Mainichi/Nozomu Takeuchi) NAHA (Kyodo) -- A 27-year-old U.S. Marine in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture was indicted on Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman and injuring another in a U.S. military ...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags to be lowered across the state to half-staff to honor Staff Sergeant Troy Smith Knutson-Collins on May 2. Knutson-Collins, a Battle ...

The forum aims to enhance communications and build mutual understanding between U.S. forces and the Okinawa community, U.S. Forces Japan said in a statement Tuesday. Representatives from Okinawa ...