An explosion last month at a munitions storage facility on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, occurred when Japanese soldiers accidentally detonated a fuse on a World War II-era anti-tank shell, Japan’s ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - A World War II veteran living in Parkersburg celebrated a major milestone. Friends and family ...

Rich Patterson's dad, Henry Patterson, served in the Navy during WWII. Rich and his wife, Marion, drove to the Rock Island ...

USS New Orleans rejoins fleet after record-breaking repair job Her bow shot away in a battle with the Japanese in the ...

Japan's imperial couple commemorated compatriots who died in internment camps after the end of World War II during the first ...

Okinawa commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa with a solemn ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman ...

Japanese soldiers defused a U.S.-made bomb believed to be a World War II leftover at a historic villa in Okinawa’s capital ...

With the help of others, 99-year-old Harvey Drahos returned a priceless photo album to an Okinawa family. #k5evening ...

Eighty years after World War II, Okinawa and Taiwan remember the war in vastly different ways. Okinawa still bears deep physical and emotional scars from a brutal ground battle, while Taiwan ...

A group of special operations vets retrace the Battle of Okinawa, following in the footsteps of the forefathers of today’s Navy SEALs.

Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island.

TOKYO (AP) — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on ...