Clarence Craft earned the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Okinawa in May 1945. Here, 6th Division Marines ...

A ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker is under fire for describing a memorial dedicated to female student nurses who ...

In the smoldering wake of World War II, few places bore the scars of conflict like Japan. Cities lay in ruins, infrastructure ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly ...

A fragment of a silk scarf and a button worn by the kamikaze pilot of a Japanese zero plane that rammed into the USS Missouri during the Battle of Okinawa is on display April 3 at the Battleship ...

“Before the war, I was an ordinary student in Okinawa,” Dugal said. “Then, in March 1945, everything changed. The Americans were closing in. We were told to fight to the death. We fought in caves and ...

On May 4, 1945, off Okinawa, the USS Shea unleashed a storm of fire to down an enemy bomber, only to immediately face an even deadlier threat – a Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, a piloted missile capable of ...

(Kyodo) GUAM (Kyodo) -- U.S. Marine Corps troops, who began relocating from Japan's Okinawa to Guam late last year, will begin occupying barracks at Camp Blaz in June, a spokesperson for the Guam ...

Last year, the former Tonight Show host's wife's dementia battle was revealed after he filed for a conservatorship for her, in an effort to assure Mavis, 77, has a living trust set up in the case ...

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, recovers an Autonomous Low-Profile Vessel during a cargo transfer at Kin Red Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Apr. 9 ...

fold in the earth just north of Naha, U.S. Tenth Army infantrymen found out for sure what they had suspected all along: Okinawa would ... popping out of caves and old tombs to hurl grenades ...

A landscaper working on a historical film about the Battle of Okinawa uncovered human remains last summer on Ie Shima, marking the first such discovery on the island in more than 20 years ...