In 1945, U.S. forces launched a brutal assault on Okinawa’s Maeda Escarpment—later known as Hacksaw Ridge. This video ...

TOKYO — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on Monday it is ...

TOKYO -- Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said Monday that it ...

The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp limestone roof while ...

ITOMAN, Okinawa — Thousands filled Peace Memorial Park on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, as U.S. and Japanese officials delivered messages of peace in ...

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ITOMAN, Okinawa — Eighty years after Navy hospital corpsman Vernon “Monk” Martin was killed in the Battle of Okinawa, his name has been added to a memorial honoring the nearly 250,000 people who died ...

On April 1, 1945, thousands of American troops landed on the beaches of Okinawa, a heavily fortified Pacific island to the south of Japan. Nearly three months later, the United States claimed victory ...