Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific ... grandmother and I were hiding in a small natural cave on the coast. We did not have any food ...

Two months after the U.S. military landed on Okinawa in late March 1945, the 32nd Army decided to withdraw from the Naha headquarters and blow up the tunnels. The headquarters were moved to Mabuni ...

In the last stages of World War II, the allied forces considered Okinawa a strategic point for ... civilians and Japanese military. They bombed caves where both were hiding. The deadly sweeps ...

NAHA--Okinawa Prefecture on June 23 marked its 78th Memorial Day to honor the victims of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. By the end ... He started by visiting caves, called ...

In natural caves called "gama" on the island of Okinawa, Izabela retrieves the ... what happened to her own family in Poland during World War II Hoping to give them a deeper understanding of ...