WWII
Searchable 3D map highlights names of US casualties at WWII Battle of Okinawa
A Japanese firm has created an interactive website where families of U.S. troops killed during the Battle of Okinawa can see their loved ones’ names on the island’s Cornerstone of Peace memorial.
Pfc. Kills 30 Japanese in 15 minutes, snaps line battalion couldn’t dent
An infantry replacement who cracked a Japanese defense line that whole battalions couldn’t even dent is rapidly becoming a legend hereabouts.
Yanks storm last barrier In Oki Battle
Using every mountain climbing and flame-throwing tactic in the book, 7th division doughfeet have stormed and burned through the fortifications atop Yaeju-Dake plateau in what may turn out to be the final battle for Okinawa.
Naha an empty city mocking yank entry
The going is easier now on Okinawa – and whatever hopes the Japanese had of stopping the avalanche of American fighting men is gone.
Hand-to-hand fighting at new high on Okinawa
The most vicious type of hand-to-hand fighting is raging all along the southern front of Okinawa. The veterans of the 7th Division are engaging in more hand-to-hand combat than in all their other three campaigns put together.