The Battle of Okinawa is one of the bloodiest and most tragic chapters of the Pacific war, claiming the lives of 110,000 Japanese troops, 140,000 Okinawan civilians and 12,520 American servicemembers.

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 of the fighting in 1945, more than 200,000 people ...

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

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

In the last stages of World War II, the allied forces considered Okinawa a strategic point for attacking Japan's main islands. The US mobilized about half a million personnel, far outnumbering the ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted about three months toward the end of World War II and killed an estimated one in four local civilians. Survivors began their postwar lives by collecting human remains ...

The Battle of Okinawa resulted in tens of thousands of civilian casualties. “I think my grandfather knew what would happen if he retreated south,” Sadamitsu says. “It’s hard for me to ...

Alice Miller, 104, had her WWII uniform added to museum in Gibsonburg. World War II U.S. Navy nurse’s uniform in Northcoast Veterans Museum.

The greatest taboo of the Battle of Okinawa were Guerrilla units composed ... to protect the Japanese mainland toward the end of World War II After the Americans landed a violent battle ensued ...

However, Enkakuji was destroyed in the WWII Battle of Okinawa and the scrolls, which had been housed at the Nakagusuku Udun residence for the Ryukyuan royal heirs, went missing. Only the ...

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 ...

During that year was the last battle for Okinawa. It was a rough battle ... the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. “She did it in a different way than most ...