An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

The United States has commenced the process of relocating thousands of Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa. This decision is in response to long-standing complaints from local communities ...

“Soon after the battle commenced ... and the legacy of what the Marines accomplished on Okinawa.

Staff Sgt. Stephon Smith carries what are believed to be the remains of a fallen Marine killed in 1942 during the Battle of ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22 ... His regiment followed LaSota’s. “The 22nd Marines were ahead of us, and they were shot through,” McCallum, 98, of Seffner, Fla., ...

The World War II Battle of Okinawa left an estimated 240,000 people killed or missing — and 80 years later, their bones are still being unearthed by dedicated volunteers. Japan’s southernmost ...

Harumi Miyagi’s mother was a village employee on the small island of Zamami in Okinawa Prefecture who provided food and lodging for 15 Japanese soldiers at her home in 1945. When a U.S. military ...

It was 80 years ago today when the Battle of Okinawa commenced during World War 2. The United States Marine Corps’ invasion was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theatre, as the Allies ...

The discoveries, made over the past two months, highlight the lingering danger of unexploded ordnance from the Battle of Okinawa, fought 80 years ago on the island. Two shells were unearthed in ...