NAHA--Shigeaki Kinjo, who survived a mass suicide during a fierce ground battle in Okinawa Prefecture during World War II, died here from acute heart failure on July 19. He was 93. Kinjo was a ...

But researchers of the Battle of Okinawa opposed the plan to move the ... how the Japanese military forced local residents into mass suicides, an island-wide protest campaign was staged.

The Battle of Okinawa, fought against US-led forces ... Before that, her family had been considering suicide. "We sensed that the war was coming to an end, so we decided to open our family ...

During the Battle of Okinawa, civilians were caught between ... The US soldiers had faced suicide attacks and stopped distinguishing between civilians and Japanese military. They bombed caves ...

Ships in the Fifth Fleet had experienced suicide attacks before ... But it was at Okinawa that she would fight her fiercest battle. On board the destroyer was 21-year-old John Chapman ...

Indeed, Yamato’s suicide mission is one of the saddest ... with almost all hands drowning during the Battle of Okinawa in ...

Under the cover of a naval bombardment of more than 100,000 shells, the American military began landing on Okinawa at 8:30 am. It was the beginning of a merciless battle that was later described ...