For the Empire of the Rising Sun, the end was looming large. By April 1945, US forces had relentlessly driven Japan’s once-expansive empire back to its home islands. Perched on the doorstep of Japan, ...

On the morning of April 7, 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, behemoth of naval engineering and pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy, sortied on what was essentially a suicidal mission. Operation ...

On April 1, 1945, more than 60,000 U.S. soldiers and Marines stormed the beaches of Okinawa in the final island battle before the anticipated invasion of mainland Japan. The initial landing was the ...

He was there at the start of D-Day, the biggest military invasion of all time. And he was there at the start of the invasion of Okinawa, the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II.

All the practice in the world couldn't shake the fear. It wasn't a fear of dying that shook Bill Wellman 60 years ago this morning as he and the 11 fellow technicians of the 3rd Amphibious Force ...

Two U.S. Marines in Okinawa, Japan, are under investigation for alleged rapes, police said Thursday, the latest in a string of assault cases that have angered residents. The United States has around ...

Amid the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end comes the death of what is believed to be America’s last surviving ace, Don McPherson. He was 103. McPherson stands out among the “Greatest Generation” ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Marine was injured and his mother was hospitalized in critical condition over the weekend after their vehicle crashed into another car at a dangerous intersection on Okinawa’s ...

The Department of Defense said Tuesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers a broad range of construction projects situated on and off military ...