This is the story of Setsuo Ishino, the Japanese Zero Kamikaze pilot that crashed into the USS Missouri off of Okinawa, and how the US Navy Actually held a funeral for him. Trump releases ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headlamp and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the skulls ...

On April 6, 1945, the first wave of ten coordinated kamikaze attacks began to hit the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet off the coast of Okinawa. Ships in the Fifth Fleet had experienced suicide attacks ...

Since the spring of 1945 when the U.S. military invasion of Okinawa started, desperate kamikaze attacks were further hurled against the enemy. Matayuki took off from an airfield in Chiran ...

and a ceremonial wreath toss on April 16 at 11:30 a.m. April 16 is the 79th anniversary of Japanese kamikaze attacks near Okinawa. Over 80 minutes, the USS Laffey was attacked by 22 kamikaze ...

During the ferocious Battle of Okinawa, which raged from March to June in 1945, college students and other young pilots were selected for kamikaze missions. The deployment of youngsters was a ...

"Okinawa is the crucial battle line. Our Kamikaze troops are striking the enemy," a news anchor said at the time. Japan's military leaders ordered their troops to prolong the battle. They wanted ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

Masao Kanai died on a kamikaze mission near Okinawa in 1945 aged 23. Japan created a program to encouraged students to support the imperialist military by writing letters and he had been pen pals ...

After his naval ship was sunk by Kamikaze fighters at Okinawa, Japan; he was awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart for gallantry and bravery. A lifelong Michigander, he served his community ...