A 100-year-old World War II veteran from Bethany will soon be traveling overseas, revisiting some of the battlefields and villages he encountered in his youth.

A REMOTE paradise island, littered with abandoned World War II wrecks, has become a popular destination for dark tourists.

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

Three Americans died in the battle, all from head wounds. A soldier of the U.S. Army 88th Infantry Division runs to avoid German sniper fire on April 28, 1945, near Corso Santi Felice e Fortunato ...

Mr Roberts, who turns 100 on Saturday, received his MBE from the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace. "I'm surprised actually, I don't know what I got it for, I didn't do anything," he said.

They would be among the estimated 240,000 people killed or missing in the Battle of Okinawa, from the landing of the US invasion force on April 1, 1945, to the Americans’ declaration of victory ...

By Brad Lendon, CNN Itoman, Japan (CNN) — The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave ...

It’s likely we will never be able to know the answer to that question. Gushiken says of 1,400 sets of remains recovered from caves and battle sites, only six have ever been identified. He says he ...

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...