NAHA -- As wartime Japan fully deployed its troops in Okinawa Prefecture in March 1944, about a year before the ground battle against U.S. forces began ... a women's group in Okinawa released a ...

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 ...

A group of special operations vets retrace the Battle of Okinawa, following in the footsteps of the forefathers of today’s ...

The Battle of Okinawa killed a quarter of the island's population, leading to a 27-year U.S. occupation and a heavy American troop presence to date.

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted nearly three months, killing some 200,000 people -- about 12,000 Americans and more than 188,000 Japanese, half of them Okinawan civilians including students and ...

Outlook Web Desk Updated on: 23 June 2025 5:28 pm Okinawa Marks Eight Decades Since WWII Battle With Solemn Tribute And Global Message Photo: å° å è ±å­ Hidetaka Komukai/Kyodo News via AP ...

ITOMAN, Okinawa — Thousands filled Peace Memorial Park on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, as U.S. and Japanese officials delivered messages of peace in ...

One of the most important war anniversaries in Japan each year marks the June 23, 1945, end of the Battle of Okinawa, a conflict that resulted in the death of more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians.