An Okinawa Prefecture island where mass suicides took place during World War II held a memorial ceremony on March 26, the ...

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

Takamatsu Gushiken leaves a cave after a session of searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa ...

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

Zamami, Okinawa Pref., March 26 (Jiji Press)--A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village Wednesday, the ...

I'm afraid there is a growing risk that Okinawa may become a battlefield again." Island haunted by one of World War II's deadliest battles On April 1, 1945, U.S. troops landed on Okinawa during ...

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

Takamatsu Gushiken has spent years voluntarily locating bodies, and fragments of bodies, of World War II victims in Japan’s Okinawa's jungle. Over 80 years since a major battle, Gushiken shared with ...

Takamatsu Gushiken uses a hand hoe to delicately move dirt in a cave while searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa towards the end of the World War II in 1945 ...

I'm afraid there is a growing risk that Okinawa may become a battlefield again.” An island haunted by one of the deadliest battles of World War II On April 1, 1945, U.S. troops landed on Okinawa ...

Discover the Intrepid Museum's World War II exhibit, showcasing the Corsair aircraft and artifacts from Loren Isley's final mission and other historic items.