Memorial event in Okinawa Pref. recalls mass suicide victims 80 yrs after brutal WWII battle
An Okinawa Prefecture island where mass suicides took place during World War II held a memorial ceremony on March 26, 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 ...
80 years after Okinawa battle, questions remain on mass suicides
Harumi Miyagi’s mother was a village employee on the small island of Zamami in Okinawa Prefecture who provided food and ...
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Volunteer searching for WWII dead in Japanese caves unearths remains of hundreds of people
The remains of some 1,400 people found on Okinawa ... of American soldiers remain unaccounted for. Their remains, as well as those of the Koreans mobilized by the Japanese during the war, may ...
Hegseth vows to strengthen alliance with Japan as he joins Iwo Jima memorial service
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised Saturday the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed.
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Unearthing Okinawa’s forgotten war dead
The remains of some 1,400 people found on Okinawa ... of American soldiers remain unaccounted for. Their remains, as well as those of the Koreans mobilised by the Japanese during the war, may ...
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An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
The remains of some 1,400 people found on Okinawa ... of American soldiers remain unaccounted for. Their remains, as well as those of the Koreans mobilized by the Japanese during the war, may ...