ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture—A search of a cave here uncovered the bones of ... The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest in World War II. An estimated 200,000 Japanese and Americans died ...

Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit ...

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

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific ... grandmother and I were hiding in a small natural cave on the coast. We did not have any food ...

NAHA--Okinawa Prefecture on June 23 marked its 78th Memorial Day to honor the victims of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. By the end ... He started by visiting caves, called ...

In the last stages of World War II, the allied forces considered Okinawa a strategic point for ... civilians and Japanese military. They bombed caves where both were hiding. The deadly sweeps ...

In natural caves called "gama" on the island of Okinawa, Izabela retrieves the ... what happened to her own family in Poland during World War II Hoping to give them a deeper understanding of ...