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Okinawa campaign - a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans

Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945

Okinawa - the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands

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1945 - Battle of Okinawa: US Navy ships bomb Japanese island Okinawa in preparation for Allied invasion; it would become the largest battle of the Pacific War in World War II.

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Army Veteran WWII Pacific Theatre (Battle of Okinawa), passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019.

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The southern Japanese island of Okinawa paid tribute yesterday to more than 200,000 war dead, including Americans, on the 73rd anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II.

Japan marks anniversary of end to Okinawa battle

Former President Lee Teng-hui flew to the Japanese island of Okinawa Friday to attend Sunday's unveiling of a monument to Taiwanese soldiers who died in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.

Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui arrives in Japan's Okinawa

The islands were formed from coral millennia ago, and that porous material in turn led to the islands being honeycombed with extensive caves-such as the now-tourist magnet Gyokusendo Cave-which became places of refuge during the bloody Battle of Okinawa between American forces and the Japanese Imperial Army in World War II.

Why the people of Okinawa are among the healthiest and longest-living in the world

It is believed to have been fired from a US warship during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) reported.

2,500 Evacuated for Unexploded Bomb Disposal in Japan

Lanza enlisted in the Marines during World War II and was wounded during the Battle of Okinawa. After returning home to Youngstown, Ohio, he has spent his life dedicated to serving fellow veterans.

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Among many other military decorations he was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor for heroism as a ship's gunnery officer in 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa. He served in the occupation of Japan, the Korean War.

Captain James C. Van Pelt, Sr., SC, USN (Ret)

In 1945, Rollins College acquired a statue found by an American soldier after the Battle of Okinawa. Fifty years later, it was returned after an initial denial and great deal of controversy.

War, peace and cultural heritage: how two colleges repatriated objects taken from Okinawa after the Second World War

HECKLED by residents, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has joined about 5,000 people, including the US ambassador, in a service marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Second World War.

Japan PM heckled at Okinawa service; WORLD BULLETINS