The Battle of Okinawa claimed the lives of one in four ... and is said to have led many people to commit suicide. At least one military officer, however, rejected the standard outright: Kiyofumi ...

Japanese government officials exploited the suicides at Saipan to their advantage ... become commonplace five months later in the battle of Okinawa. As many as sixty-five thousand Japanese ...

In a culture that embraced the idea of honorable suicide, many pilots volunteered ... It was first used against American vessels at the Battle of Okinawa, and Japan built 852 of them.

The ship participated in the bombardment of Okinawa and was hit by a suicide plane but remained ... recording 15 battle stars. Also, during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the ship is said ...

Conversations about personal mental health issues seem to be shifting. Meet three Brevard residents who believe it's time to shed the stigma.

“I thought I was going to die anyway, so I just stayed there, shooting,” he said, noting the suicide plane was very ... Marine Division and fought in the battle of Sugar Loaf Hill.

To the Allies, these units became known as Kamikaze, or suicide squads. The Japanese used the word Tokko ... missiles to crash themselves into Allied warships. Since the epic Battle of Midway in 1942, ...

Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit ...

NAHA--Kiyoshi Uezu and his parents lived through the Battle of Okinawa, but he feels they never truly “survived” the war. Both Okinawa and the Uezu family have a long history of suffering and ...

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this critical U.S. installation may be the ...

Federal investigators will be at VA medical centers in Minneapolis and St. Cloud today to investigate family claims that Jonathan J. Schulze, an Iraq War Marine veteran, was denied psychiatric care ...