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

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NAHA–Almost 80 years later, wooden pillars still support the tunnel walls alongside bottles inscribed with “Dainippon Brewery,” a beer company from the era. The relics are grim remnants of ...

In Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, American troops landed on its main island on April 1, 1945 toward the end of World War Two. Eighty years since, people in Yomitan Village where US ...

It's been 80 years since US forces invaded Okinawa, beginning one of the bloodiest battles of World War Two. More than 200,000 people lost their lives as fighting engulfed Japan's southern prefecture.