Kinjo is from Tokashikijima island, located west of Okinawa’s main island. U.S. forces landed there in March 1945 when he was 16. The islanders were forced to kill themselves when the Imperial ...

Some civilians had been evacuated, but most were still on Okinawa when the battle began on April 1, 1945. By mid-May, the Japanese 32nd Army was retreating south to its final line of defense at ...

Okinawa saw 82 days of brutal warfare in horrific ... How many more Americans would die before the war could end? The events of summer 1945 — including the use of two atomic bombs on the ...

In April 1945, with just enough fuel for a single trip, Yamato was ordered to fight its way to Okinawa, beach itself, and ...

NAHA--Okinawa Prefecture will preserve the remains of the Imperial Japanese Army headquarters that served as a command post beneath Shuri-jo Castle here during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.

The invasion of Japan loomed. The Japanese military stationed about 100,000 troops on Okinawa, with the aim of preventing the invasion of the mainland. Narration Imperial Headquarters of the ...

Tents are pitched on a grassless terrain. Supply trucks are parked next to some of the tents. A few servicemen are seen walking. Image and original data provided courtesy of the National Library of ...

Despite its impressive armament and armor, the Yamato's final mission in 1945 was a suicide attack against U.S. forces in Okinawa. It was sunk by American aircraft after receiving 17 direct hits ...

That fact -- Okinawa serving as a key foothold of the US military -- is unchanged even now. The United States and its Allies launched the massive operation in March, 1945. The Allies considered ...