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 ...
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Unexploded ordnance still haunts Okinawa 80 years after WWII battle
Despite decades of clearance efforts, roughly 1,900 metric tons of deadly remnants are estimated to remain buried beneath the ...
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Visiting veterans remember WWII Battle of Okinawa on 80th anniversary
The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...
Unearthing Okinawa’s forgotten war dead
Takamatsu Gushiken leaves a cave after a session of searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa ...
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80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
Archivists have matched up surveillance and reconnaissance photos from the US military ... those who fought World War II, and the legacy of what the Marines accomplished on Okinawa.