80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...

Having fled to the southern part of the main island of Okinawa, Munesada apparently held on to the flag until his death. The flag was taken to the United States as a war souvenir, but was returned ...

Thai naval cadets are training with U.S. sailors and the United Nations Command-Rear this week during the Thai navy’s first ...

The veteran said he had witnessed the raising of the United States flag at the end of the Battle ... "When I was in Okinawa, we had two kamikazes come in on us. We knocked one of them down ...