80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
Japan imperial couple visits Iwoto in 1st stop for WWII 80th anniv.
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday arrived on Iwoto Island in the Pacific, the site of a fierce World War ...
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Visiting veterans remember WWII Battle of Okinawa on 80th anniversary
The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...
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Unexploded ordnance still haunts Okinawa 80 years after WWII battle
Despite decades of clearance efforts, roughly 1,900 metric tons of deadly remnants are estimated to remain buried beneath the ...
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80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
They would be among the estimated 240,000 people killed or missing in the Battle of Okinawa, from the landing of the US invasion force on April 1, 1945, to the Americans’ declaration of victory ...
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Survivor of brutal Battle of Okinawa shares worst memories
The Battle of Okinawa began late March and was the only ground battle involving civilians fought in Japan. Prefectural records state that one in four Okinawans, or about 120,000, was killed in the ...
Okinawa marks 80 years since start of ground battle in WWII
Village officials led a memorial service in Zamami, Okinawa on Wednesday to commemorate the beginning of ground battles there ...
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Okinawa: 80th anniversary of the bloody final invasion of the Pacific War
Eighty years ago, on April 1, a Sunday in 1945, seven troop divisions, four Army, three Marine, landed on the beaches of ...