NAHA--Shigeaki Kinjo, who survived a mass suicide during a fierce ground battle in Okinawa Prefecture during World War II, died here from acute heart failure on July 19. He was 93. Kinjo was a ...

The Battle of Okinawa, fought against US-led forces ... Before that, her family had been considering suicide. "We sensed that the war was coming to an end, so we decided to open our family ...

During the Battle of Okinawa, civilians were caught between ... The US soldiers had faced suicide attacks and stopped distinguishing between civilians and Japanese military. They bombed caves ...

Under the cover of a naval bombardment of more than 100,000 shells, the American military began landing on Okinawa at 8:30 am. It was the beginning of a merciless battle that was later described ...

Now, at age 92, Onaga sees parallels between the Battle of Okinawa and the war in Ukraine ... defense of the island ended on June 23 with the suicide of the supreme commander of the Imperial ...

The Battle of Okinawa turns 75 as one of the ... On April 7, 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato was sent to Okinawa on a ...

Indeed, Yamato’s suicide mission is one of the saddest ... with almost all hands drowning during the Battle of Okinawa in ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

Ships in the Fifth Fleet had experienced suicide attacks before ... But it was at Okinawa that she would fight her fiercest battle. On board the destroyer was 21-year-old John Chapman ...