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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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 ...
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April 1, US forces invade Okinawa during World War II
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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 ...
Okinawa marks 80 years since start of ground battle in WWII
Village officials led a memorial service in Zamami, Okinawa on Wednesday to commemorate the beginning of ground battles there ...
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Victims of Okinawa battle remembered on 80th anniversary of U.S. landing
A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village on Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's ...
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Marines, Japanese forces prepare for amphibious warfare on Okinawa
KIN BLUE BEACH, Okinawa — An hourlong amphibious landing by U.S. Marines and Japanese troops ... environment it has seen since the end of World War II,” Maj. Gen. Hajime Kitajima, commander ...
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Okinawa: 80th anniversary of the bloody final invasion of the Pacific War
Eighty years ago, on April 1, a Sunday in 1945, seven troop divisions, four Army, three Marine, landed on the beaches of ...
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Okinawan bone digger searches caves for the remains of WWII dead
Eighty years on from the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, the remains of some of those killed are still being discovered. A 71-year-old volunteer is on a mission to find what he calls the ...
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An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
Takamatsu Gushiken uses a hand hoe to delicately move dirt in a cave while searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa towards the end of the World War II in 1945 ...