On April 1, 1945, more than 60,000 U.S. soldiers and Marines stormed the beaches of Okinawa in the final island battle before the anticipated invasion of mainland Japan. The initial landing was the ...

We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but a warning. The cave is low ...

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 ...

Eighty years ago, on April 1, a Sunday in 1945, seven troop divisions, four Army, three Marine, landed on the beaches of Okinawa, a remote tropical island the size of Prince George’s County. It was ...

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 ...

Conceived in secrecy and built to dominate any naval battle, Yamato embodied Japan’s decisive battle doctrine. Armed with massive guns and protected by immense armor, she was unmatched in size and ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed ...