A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...

NAHA--Kiyoshi Uezu and his parents lived through the Battle of Okinawa ... Uezu decided to leave Okinawa again. He returned to Brazil several years later. The South American country is home ...

On June 15, 1944, American ... was during this battle that U.S. sailors first witnessed the kamikaze attacks that would become commonplace five months later in the battle of Okinawa.

The Battle of Okinawa in 1945 was one of the bloodiest of World War II. More than 200,000 people were killed during the three months of fighting, more than half of them civilians. Okinawans were ...

Michael M. Santiago/Getty; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty “The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,” Trump ...

A Russian man who sought asylum in the U.S. three years ago sparked global praise for rescuing an American flag from a burning home during the California wildfires. Sultan Ramazanov was driving ...

The Trump administration has introduced a new “One Flag Policy,” requiring all State Department buildings to fly only the American flag. This rule applies to U.S. State Department facilities both ...

Okinawan girls and women fell victim to sexual violence even before the Battle of Okinawa ended in June 1945. One entry documents a woman being abducted in April 1945 when she was evacuating with ...

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs. Home to World War II sites and a distinct “Blue Zone” culinary ...

20 by defying U.S. flag code at the Capitol and pausing Carter's mourning period Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty; Jessica McGowan/Getty American flags are back to full-staff at the U ...