ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture—A search of a cave here uncovered the bones of six adults and two children who likely died during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. The bones were collected in late February ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest ... grandmother and I were hiding in a small natural cave on the coast. We did not have any food or water." Many civilians hid in ...

In Okinawa, more than 22,000 people were conscripted ... We made rice balls, right near the entrance to the cave. A shell hit right there. " the Japanese army supplemented its forces.

Three years ago, she told her class about an act of vandalism at Chibichirigama, a cave that serves as a memorial site for the civilian victims of a mass suicide during the Battle of Okinawa.

In natural caves called "gama" on the island of Okinawa, Izabela retrieves the bones of those who died during the Second World War To her son and daughter, Izabela relates what happened to her own ...