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

Eighty years ago, on April 1, a Sunday in 1945, seven troop divisions, four Army, three Marine, landed on the beaches of ...

"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 ...

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

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

A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village on Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's ...

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

An Okinawan Bone Digger Searches for Remains From One of the Fiercest Battles of World War II ITOMAN, Japan (AP) — Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's ...

“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 ...