Japanese troops last week defused another American-made shell believed to be left over from World War II and removed it from ...

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945. Years later, I ...

The Shiraume student corps was assembled in March 1945 toward the end of World War II. It was composed of 56 fourth-year students at Okinawa Prefectural Second Girls’ High School in Naha.

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

Despite the rain, visitors joined their hands in prayer and offered flowers to those who perished in the Battle of Okinawa during the closing months of World War II. Visitors to the Cornerstone ...

Crowl, Campaign in the Marianas, United States Army in World War II (Washington, DC: U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1960), 191–201. 20. SBB Diary 1944:2, 7 Oct 1944. 22. Roy E. Appleman et al., ...

The FBI says it has returned 22 artifacts to Japan that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa after a Massachusetts family going through their late World War II veteran father’s personal ...

Battalion, 4th Marines was captured in World War II and reforged from the Marine Corps' first Raider units. Now it will ...

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs.

After World War II when Okinawa was under control of the US, the local Yakuza prospered. But when the island was returned to Japan, the mainland Yakuza tries to take over and the locals tries to ...

Nadeau served aboard one of the Navy's then-new amphibious gunships, seeing combat in the Philippines, Borneo and Okinawa ... who served during World War II. He was among the dwindling number ...

He discusses World War II-era munitions in "The Pacific," starring ... He describes the many challenges of the Battle of Okinawa as portrayed in "Hacksaw Ridge," starring Andrew Garfield, Vince ...