Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi met with Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki here on March 16 to address the growing ...

created in memory of those who died in Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman.Credit: AP Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, 1.2 million Japanese war dead are still unaccounted for.

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the ...

Andrew Biggio never met his great-uncle, but he’s gotten to know him well. “My uncle was killed in World War II — I’m named after him,” Biggio said. “He didn’t make it home from his war, and I did. I ...

Gushiken Takamatsu said Curtis LeMay, who orchestrated the firebombing, should never have been given the honour.

On March 10, according to The Associated Press, a photograph of Private First Class Harold Gonsalves, who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Battle of ...

80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...

The Marine Corps has removed more than a dozen videos, photos and stories about Navajo Code Talkers as part of an ongoing ...

All this activity has stoked fears that Okinawa, the site of fierce fighting in World War II and home to around 70 percent of all U.S. military facilities in Japan, could become a target for ...

Private 1st Class Harold Gonsalves received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions during the Battle of ...

Three leaders of Cogir of Sonoma Plaza, a senior living community, fondly recall memories of former resident and Major League ...

Americans celebrating Irish heritage on St. Patrick’s Day can do so by toasting the legendary 69th Infantry Regiment. “The ...