TIME Correspondent Frank Gibney toured the all-but-forgotten island, cabled: The rice and sweet potato fields of Okinawa creep over the slate volcanic soil, covering the shell holes and the ...
URUMA, Okinawa Prefecture--The Defense Ministry deployed its first ground-to-ship missile system in Okinawa’s main island to target “enemy” vessels. The batteries were set up March 21 at ...
That's all we knew. The most intensive fighting between Japan and the United States began soon after the U.S. Forces landed on the main island of Okinawa on April 1st. More than 13,800 civilian ...