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Okinawa

A visitor makes a rubbing of a name on the Cornerstone of Peace monument.

Okinawans reflect on tragedy of war 80 years after bloody WWII battle

ITOMAN, Okinawa — Thousands filled Peace Memorial Park on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, as U.S.

Clebe McClary, a Marine veteran who was severely wounded during the Vietnam War, shakes hands with Marines at the USO on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, on Friday.

Vietnam hero McClary shoots from hip in visit to Okinawa

The pancakes and sausages served at the Camp Hansen United Service Organizations’ Flapjack Fridays came with a helping of American hero last week.

Bob Hope Elementary School is under construction at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Feb. 19, 2021.

Another DODEA school named after Bob Hope will open on Okinawa this fall

If the namesake of the new Bob Hope Elementary School, opening soon at Kadena Air Base, were alive today, he might say that Bing Crosby will want his name on a high school.

Marine Maj. Sam Wuornos, his wife, Christine, and daughters Evie, 7, and Ella, 4, show off a project they completed from a USO Family Activity Box at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019.

USO Okinawa’s activity-box program aims to help military families reconnect

The first Family Activity Box event sponsored by the USO on Okinawa proved to be such a hit, the organization has already scheduled another.

Miss Haruko Ota, a third grade teacher, peeks over the shoulder of Brenda Sheets, 10, daughter of Master Sgt. and Mrs. W. G. Sheets,

Okinawa Educators Tour Elementary Classes

Forty-nine Okinawan educators got a first-hand look at American educational methods Friday and were surprised that American students “feel so much at ease in school.”

Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, left, sheds a tear with Maureen Rosenblatt, holding her son Nathaniel, July 23, 2015, at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. Biden stopped by the base in support of her and first lady Michelle Obama's Joining Forces initiative to support servicemembers, veterans and their families.

Vice president's wife caps Asian trip with Kadena block party

Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, capped her four-country tour of Asia at a block party Thursday for servicemembers and their families at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa.

For his Eagle Scout project, Nijrell Jackson turned an empty space at an Okinawa community center into a garden with rows of sweet corn, carrots, daikon, radishes, cucumbers, melons and spinach.

Marine Corps family brings dual Eagle Scout projects to Okinawa charity

Nijrell and Leila Jackson continue a Scouting legacy begun by their father, Gunnery Sgt. Earl Jackson, a senior noncommissioned officer for an ammunition company at 3rd Supply Battalion on Camp Schwab.