April 1945. The Pacific War had decisively turned in favour for the United States. During the waning days of that month, the ...

On April 1st, 1945, 180,000 Americans, the largest force in the Pacific, stormed the beaches of Okinawa expecting a bloodbath ...

NAHA--Okinawa Prefecture will preserve the remains of the Imperial Japanese Army headquarters that served as a command post beneath Shuri-jo Castle here during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. As a step ...

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 lay ...

Few units hold the distinction to have fought an enemy of the United States on U.S. soil. The 7th Infantry Division is one of those few. During World War II, the United States experienced something ...

Public ceremony to honor Sgt. Harold M. Weaver, who died in combat on Okinawa in 1945. His remains recently were identified after nearly 80 years.

Japan has promised to carry out its first thorough investigation into fighting on the southern island of Okinawa during World War II, reports said Wednesday. Government spokesman Hiromu Nonaka spoke ...

The town of Nishihara, at the center of Okinawa Island, lost half of its residents in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. Yoshiko Goya, 88, who was born in the town’s Kohatsu area — the site of fierce ...

A simple tent sits by the seashore in the Henoko district of Okinawa's Nago city. Nearby is the area in the city of Ginowan that has been designated as the new base for US Marine Corps Air Station ...

Sgt. Harold M. Weaver, who died serving in the Marines in World War II, was laid to rest Oct. 11 in Cuyahoga Falls following ...