During the waning days of that month, the colossal Japanese battleship Yamato, a maritime behemoth, set sail for Operation ...

Army Cpl. Desmond Doss, a Seventh Day Adventist and conscientious objector who refused to carry a rifle but served as a ...

There was no joking on April 1, 1945. That was when a major invasion began at Okinawa and lasted for the next 82 days, finally ending on June 22. There were several from our region who were either on ...

In 2010, the late John W. Keller, told Patriot-News reporter Matt Miller about his experiences during the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Miller wrote then, “For the sailors aboard the USS ...

March 23, 2021, marked the 76th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Okinawa, the first and only battle fought by U.S. soldiers on Japanese soil, and one Twitter account is making daily tweets ...

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 entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp ...

We are the assault force for and the cutting edge vanguard of ocean conservation because of the love and the respect we get ...

Joe Shuttlesworth had no way of knowing it at the time, but the then 19-year-old Marine was about to engage in the last major battle of World War II. Now 97, the Sudan native recently recalled the 81 ...

NAHA, Okinawa – A sign, “Welcome back to Okinawa,” stands next to a bronze temple bell at the entrance to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum. Visitors who pause to learn more about this ...