By Robert Abate This year marks the 80th Anniversary of the American invasion of Okinawa – Easter Sunday, April 01, 1945 – the final and bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. Over the years, I have had ...

On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, the USS Laffey museum ship at Patriots Point was honored and a ...

USS Laffey was attacked at the Battle of Okinawa. Now the ship gets new exhibits and actors to recreate life aboard 'The Ship ...

Participants accuse the government of discriminating against civilian victims and people from the former Japanese colonies ...

Retired Air Force Maj. Tom Cowan, the cousin of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle, with his daughter, Angelica Shaklee, salutes after laying flowers near the spot where Pyle was killed, on Ie Shima, ...

COURTESY U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES Ernie Pyle and sailors listen to war reports aboard USS Charles Carroll while en route to Okinawa. 1 /5 COURTESY U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES Ernie Pyle and sailors listen to ...