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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The United States Marine Corps’ invasion was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theatre, as the Allies fought their way through the Imperial Japanese Army in a bloody 82 day battle. During ...

Gushiken says when he was a child growing up in Okinawa's capital, Naha, he would go out hunting bugs and find skulls still wearing helmets. Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, 1.2 million ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

created in memory of those who died in Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman.Credit: AP Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, 1.2 million Japanese war dead are still unaccounted for.

Gushiken says when he was a child growing up in Okinawa's capital, Naha, he would go out hunting bugs and find skulls still wearing helmets. Nearly 80 years after the end 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 ...

An Okinawan Bone Digger Searches for Remains From One of the Fiercest Battles of World War II ITOMAN, Japan (AP) — Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's ...