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 Battle of Okinawa and the fate of the Yamato remind us about the enormous sacrifices made during World War II. The ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

Under the cover of a naval bombardment of more than 100,000 shells, the American military began landing on Okinawa at 8:30 am. It was the beginning of a merciless battle that was later described ...

Bishop was killed in World War II in Okinawa. She was 3 1/2 years old. Her sisters, Ona and Billie, were 2 1/2 and 1 1/2. The sisters visit Bishop’s grave in Kossuth Cemetery and speak of him often.

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Contractors looking for unexploded ordnance earlier this month found two suspected World War-II era bombs on ... the main island during the Battle of Okinawa, according ...

Michael Kwiatkowski of Olean (left) is shown with Sgt. John H. Pope of Lynnbrook, Long Island, with a Japanese flag in the aftermath of fighting on Kakazu Ridge on the Island of Okinawa in April 1945.

In observance of the 79th anniversary of World War II’s Battle of Okinawa, this event will feature a presentation by Kazuyuki ...

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 ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Battleships and Carriers: WW2 Battleship Game Move ... Pearl Harbor and Lamansh to the Iwo Jima and Okinawa battle, with over 50 ship and aircraft ...

The war in the Pacific was long and bloody -- when the final battle came, it was perhaps the fercest of all. At Okinawa, over 250,000 soldiers fought a desperate, 82-day battle that only half ...