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 ...
Former Prof. Okinawa International University Shinobu Yoshihama is a leading expert on the battle. A survivor of the mobilization Hiroko Goya, 91, was conscripted into the army as a nurse at the ...