History of the Nisei 'Go For Broke' WWII unit removed from Army website
A webpage detailing the history of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team has been removed from the U.S. Army’s official ...
U.S. Army veteran brings WWII good luck flag home to Japanese family
U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey returns a WWII good luck flag to a fallen Japanese soldier’s family, bringing closure and ...
Activist demands Japan revoke award for US general behind 500,000 deaths in WWII
Gushiken Takamatsu said Curtis LeMay, who orchestrated the firebombing, should never have been given the honour A peace ...
An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people. Excavation is not his ...
Okinawan bone digger searches for the remains of WWII dead and worries their lessons are unheard
Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa’s jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...
Pentagon Flags WWII Plane That Nuked Japan as Woke
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber “Enola Gay,” which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, was not, in fact, gay ...
Donald Trump Questions Why US Protects Japan
The Trump administration has stated it wants Taiwan to spend 10 percent of its GDP and for Japan to spend 3 percent of its ...
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Japanese digger searches for WWII remains: ‘Best way to honor war dead is never to allow another war’
Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch 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 ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
USAF restores WWII airbase that launched nuclear bombs on Japan to counter China
The US Air Force restores North Field Airbase, the WWII launch site for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings, to ...
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5 things to know about Japan’s World War II surrender
World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States ...