Japanese troops last week defused another American-made shell believed to be left over from World War II and removed it from ...

Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be from World War II from a construction site in Okinawa’s capital city over the weekend. Five members of the Japan Ground Self ...

In the final days of World War II, an American soldier named Joseph "Benny" Kasser found an abandoned Japanese sword on a ...

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945. Years later, I ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

The Shiraume student corps was assembled in March 1945 toward the end of World War II. It was composed of 56 fourth-year students at Okinawa Prefectural Second Girls’ High School in Naha.

Crowl, Campaign in the Marianas, United States Army in World War II (Washington, DC: U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1960), 191–201. 20. SBB Diary 1944:2, 7 Oct 1944. 22. Roy E. Appleman et al., ...

Okinawa, known for the rich beauty of its diverse islands, offers visitors a tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs.

He discusses World War II-era munitions in "The Pacific," starring ... He describes the many challenges of the Battle of Okinawa as portrayed in "Hacksaw Ridge," starring Andrew Garfield, Vince ...

Nadeau served aboard one of the Navy's then-new amphibious gunships, seeing combat in the Philippines, Borneo and Okinawa ... who served during World War II. He was among the dwindling number ...