The Spectator Australia6h
The crocodile casualties of the second world war
At the end of February, 1945 about 1,000 surviving Japanese soldiers based on Ramree Island off the coast of Arakan, a ...
KHON2 on MSN1d
Army removes, reposts website documenting Japanese-American WWII soldiers
A revision of history or a reconfiguration to align with current policies? That is the question for the Army after the ...
Denby Fawcett: Army Wipes 442nd Combat Unit Off Its Website Amid DEI Purge
The military removes a web page honoring the Hawaiʻi unit's World War II exploits and its thousands of Japanese-American ...
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 ...
Newsday8d
Flags once carried by fallen Japanese soldiers in WWII returned to families by 2 Long Island collectors
Two Long Island historical memorabilia collectors say they will turn over 41 flags carried by Japanese servicemen in World War II — the only trace of some soldiers whose bodies were never ...
Stars and Stripes14d
Marines, Japanese forces prepare for amphibious warfare on Okinawa
In the first wave, Marines and Japanese soldiers landed in combat rubber reconnaissance craft, securing positions along the seawall with rifles at the ready. The second wave brought six Japanese ...
The New York Times22d
The Battle of Iwo Jima: A History
An American soldier giving a captured Japanese soldier a cigarette. Roughly 70,000 American soldiers fought to take Iwo Jima. More than 6,500 were killed. Of the 20,000 or so Japanese defending ...