An Okinawa Prefecture island where mass suicides took place during World War II held a memorial ceremony on March 26, the ...

A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village on Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's ...

Village officials led a memorial service in Zamami, Okinawa on Wednesday to commemorate the beginning of ground battles there ...

Zamami, Okinawa Pref., March 26 (Jiji Press)--A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village Wednesday, the ...

The 90-year-old woman still remembers the final moments of her then-14-year-old brother's life during the 1945 battle.

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the ...

One of 27 Marines awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II, Justice left a four-generation legacy of service that is still going strong. Now a Marine ...

Now, at age 92, Onaga sees parallels between the Battle of Okinawa and the war in Ukraine. Huge numbers of civilians were embroiled in the 1945 battle, just as now in Ukraine. An estimated 120,000 ...

Today, seven American World War II veterans, including 99-year-old Frank Wright who was here in July, are set to return to ...

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...