Japanese WWII survivor recounts the fire and fury as her city burned.
ON her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...
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Okinawan bone digger searches for the remains of WWII dead and worries their lessons are unheard
Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...
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Volunteer searching for WWII dead in Japanese caves unearths remains of hundreds of people
Island haunted by one of World War II's deadliest battles On April 1 ... Of the estimated 188,140 Japanese killed in the Battle of Okinawa, most of their remains had been collected and placed ...
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Iwo Jima veteran recalls ‘terrible, terrible’ battle 80 years after WWII
Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...
Volunteer discovers over a thousand World War II casualties’ remains which await identification
Takamatsu Gushiken has spent years voluntarily locating bodies, and fragments of bodies, of World War II victims in Japan’s Okinawa's jungle. Over 80 years since a major battle, Gushiken shared with ...
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WWII Battle of Manila scars linger 80 years later; many hope atrocities will not be forgotten
March 3 marked 80 years since the Battle of Manila ended near the conclusion of World War II. It is believed that roughly 100,000 citizens were killed during the monthlong battle fought between ...
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Comsewogue students join effort to reunite Japanese families with World War II ‘Good Luck Flags’
Students at Comsewogue High School in the Comsewogue School District have joined a cross-cultural humanitarian effort to ...
Emperor, Empress to visit WWII battle island Ioto
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit the Japanese island of Ioto to remember those who died in World War ...