The Battle of Okinawa in World War II ended on June 22, 1945. According to history.com, the battle was the last major battle of World War II and one of the bloodiest. “On April 1, 1945 ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Lt. Col. Patrick Cichon wanted to personally return Japanese mementos his father collected while serving during World War II’s Battle of Okinawa, but he didn’t have ...

Banzai!” Then the plane began strafing bullets over nearby Naha. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Toy ran home and her family’s life was never the same. Now 78 and a ...

Archivists have matched up surveillance and reconnaissance photos from the ... with his life intact. The now 98-year-old McCallum is coming back to Okinawa for the battle’s 80th anniversary ...

80 years ago the USS Laffey DD-724 took part in the battle of Okinawa where she was struck by six kamikaze fighter attacks and was referred to as "The Ship That Wouldn't Die." New museum exhibits ...

NAHA -- On June 23, Okinawa Memorial Day, the prefecture marked 74 years since the Battle of Okinawa ... of Okinawa first prefectural high school, now named Shuri High School, was held in front ...

Susumu Higa’s “Okinawa,” a combination of the manga “Sword of Sand” and “Mabui,” takes readers from the Battle of Okinawa ... Japanese troops, who then refuse to surrender and ...

With the exception of the march across the Philippine island of Luzon, the battle of Okinawa was the only major American land campaign in the Pacific during World War II. Launched on Easter Sunday ...

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 killed the pilot ...