Rich Patterson's dad, Henry Patterson, served in the Navy during WWII. Rich and his wife, Marion, drove to the Rock Island ...

Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy USS Silversides The USS Silversides began service on December 15, 1941, eight days after the ...

Okinawa commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa with a solemn ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman ...

Japanese soldiers defused a U.S.-made bomb believed to be a World War II leftover at a historic villa in Okinawa’s capital ...

Naha Airport, Okinawa, Japan [ OKA / ROAH ] If you are planning to travel to Okinawa or any other city in Japan, this airport locator will be a very useful tool. This page gives complete information ...

Battle Map Studio is a playful map editor and RPG sandbox. Have fun painting forests, constructing and furnishing houses, and creating characters and monsters. Build solo or collaborate in real ...

The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...

Nearest airport to Naha Air Force Base Airport and Okinawa is Naha Airport - (0.74 Km / 0.46 Miles) Following are the nearest airports to Okinawa and Naha Air Force Base Airport. Distance between the ...

A Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS New Orleans in 1942, tearing off nearly one-third of the ship and killing over 180 ...

Fortunately, there’s an interactive map that can help with that. As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, and where of history into one convenient world map.