CAMP SCHWAB, Okinawa — As California-based Reserve Marines trained in the desert in January to prepare for a six-month ...

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...

A landscaper working on a historical film about the Battle of Okinawa uncovered human remains last summer on Ie Shima.

Submarines were a big part of the World War II effort, especially for the United States Navy. One sub, the USS Grayback, has ...

“This is a remarkable story of compassion and humanity, even in the midst of one of the worst battles of World War II.” A Japanese Zero fighter plane hits the USS Missouri in waters off Okinawa, Japan ...

On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, the USS Laffey museum ship at Patriots Point was honored and a ...

Ernie Pyle, one of America's most recognized war correspondents, was killed while covering the Battle of Okinawa during World ...

I was promised cherry blossoms if I came to Tokyo,” joked Professor Peter Feaver on a chilly March Friday to a room full of ...