At the beginning of the Pacific War, the Japanese military ... survived the battle of Sugarloaf Hill. Former corporal Joe Drago was 19 when he was sent to Okinawa. Army intelligence released ...

On a hill overlooking the village ... In April, she entered graduate school at University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa. She chose villagers' war experiences as the theme of her studies, and will ...

Aragaki was 2 at the time of the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. His father was killed in the war, and his mother died from undernourishment soon after the war ended. “The names of my parents being ...

Okinawa Memorial Day, observed on June 23, is a day for mourning the victims of the savage ground warfare in the final months of World War II and praying for permanent peace. One in four Okinawans ...

He carefully places them in a ceramic rice bowl and takes a moment to imagine people dying 80 years ago as they hid in this cave during one of the fiercest battles of World War II. His hope is that ...

"The best way to honor the war dead is never to allow another war," Gushiken says. "I'm worried about Okinawa's situation now. ... I'm afraid there is a growing risk that Okinawa may become a ...

“The best way to honour the war dead is never to allow another war,” Gushiken says. “I’m worried about Okinawa’s situation now ... I’m afraid there is a growing risk that Okinawa may ...

Misako Yoshimura, an 81-year-old resident of the town of Yonabaru, Okinawa Prefecture ... shortly after Japan’s surrender in the Pacific War. His gaze, which passed through the stone walls ...