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 ...
Yonaguni is a serene Japanese island featured in a Bad Bunny song — and at the front of a US-China war. See photos.
Less than 100 miles from Taipei, Japan's westernmost island, Yonaguni, has rapidly militarized amid growing tensions between ...
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U.S. Air Force, Navy Restore Historic WWII-Era Airfield in the Pacific
US Air Force and Navy restore historic WWII-era airfield on Tinian in the Pacific. The airfield was a key launching point for ...
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An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
southern Japan, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Takamatsu Gushiken shows a piece of human bones he found in the past, the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa towards ...
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WW2: Was it right to bomb Hiroshima?
In the small hours of a warm summer day, the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay flew from a US base on Tinian over the ... of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. WW2: How close did D-Day come to ...
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 ...
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Okinawa, a Small Island Caught Between Big Powers
Residents of the Japanese island see U.S. bases as a legacy of war and colonialism ... seized Okinawa from Japan after the end of World War II. But she knew the dead girl, who was a customer ...