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 ...

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 ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Chaplin Hurst of the Pacific Air Forces paused in front of Ernie Pyle’s grave site. The Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation put on the service at the National ...

After searching in conditions that included heavy rain, thunder, and lightning, lifeguards found one of the boys while a Good ...

Ernie Pyle, one of America's most recognized war correspondents, was killed while covering the Battle of Okinawa during World ...

The Japanese government has announced a plan to evacuate residents from Okinawa Prefecture's Sakishima Islands to eight ...

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Patriots Point hosted special events on Wednesday dedicated to honoring the legacy of veterans of the infamous kamikaze attack on the USS Laffey during the Battle of Okinawa on its 80th anniversary.