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.

Not everyone will remember the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, just as many people have to look at a world map to find Pearl Harbor. But Bob Ochs and Vic Sizemore remember April 1, 1945, well.

In 1995, these old men have returned to the site of the final battle, where many lost their youth, their innocence, their buddies. Little they saw of Okinawa today is what they have seen these past 50 ...

TOKYO — When a 21-year-old Takejiro Higa landed on the island of Okinawa in April 1945, he had no idea he would play a key role in one of the most horrific battles of World War II. Tuesday marks ...

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.

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.

Itoman, Japan (CNN) — 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 ...

They would be among the estimated 240,000 people killed or missing in the Battle of Okinawa, from the landing of the US invasion force on April 1, 1945, to the Americans’ declaration of victory ...

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...

By Brad Lendon, CNN Itoman, Japan (CNN) — 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 ...