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 ...

Okinawa marks 80 years since WWII battle ended, pledges to share its tragic history Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 ...

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

TOKYO -- Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island.

Okinawa Marks Eight Decades Since WWII Battle Okinawa holds nationwide memorial as Japan reflects on the human cost of World War II ...

Thousands filled Peace Memorial Park on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa.

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.