Amid the 80th anniversary of World War II's end comes the death of what is believed to be America's last surviving ace, Don McPherson. He was 103. McPherson stands out among the "Greatest Generation" ...

Okinawa, the fifth-largest island of Japan, lies over 350 nautical miles from the southern tip of Kyushu and had been an outlier of Imperial Japan for centuries. It is the largest island within the ...

Mcpherson was believed to be the last surviving WWII ace. (Navy) Amid the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end comes the death of what is believed to be America’s last surviving ace, Don McPherson.

Writing for The Conversation, Nick Megoran reveals an extraordinary story of when US and Japanese troops stopped fighting in June 1945 to talk, eat and pray together. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito ordered ...

Japan's Emperor Hirohito ordered his country's surrender in a radio broadcast on August 15 1945. After the deaths of some 70 million people, the second world war had finally come to an end.

Nick Megoran received funding for this research from Hakusem Partners Ltd, Sapporo City, Japan. He is grateful to the Director, Yasuhiro Kawamoto. Hiroshi Sakai received funding for this research from ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Japan's Emperor Hirohito ordered his country's surrender in a radio broadcast on August 15 1945. After the deaths of some 70 million people, the second world war had finally ...

On April 1, 1945, 50,000 U.S. combat troops of the 10th Army under the command of Lt. Gen. Simon Buckner Jr. landed on the southwest coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa. The U.S. wanted to take ...

It is written in the Senjikun, Japan’s code of battle ethics, that “I will never suffer the disgrace of being taken alive. … I will offer up the courage of my soul and calmly rejoice in living by the ...