An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

Despite decades of clearance efforts, roughly 1,900 metric tons of deadly remnants are estimated to remain buried beneath the ...

In Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, American troops landed on its main island on April 1, 1945 toward the end of ...

The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp limestone ...

Harumi Miyagi’s mother was a village employee on the small island of Zamami in Okinawa Prefecture who provided food and ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

The 90-year-old woman still remembers the final moments of her then-14-year-old brother's life during the 1945 battle.

Village officials led a memorial service in Zamami, Okinawa on Wednesday to commemorate the beginning of ground battles there ...

An Okinawa Prefecture island where mass suicides took place during World War II held a memorial ceremony on March 26, the ...

The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California, will host a special "Hangar Talk" event on April 5, 2025, featuring a ...