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80 years after the Battle of Okinawa, bones are still being discovered
The World War II Battle of Okinawa left an estimated 240,000 people killed or missing. Now, 80 years later, bones are still ...
80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.
A US Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here’s why
Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...
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Okinawa construction unearths more US shells 80 years after WWII battle
The third shell was found Feb. 8 and removed March 25 from a site near an elementary school in the Ozato district of Nanjo ...