ITOMAN, Okinawa — The southernmost city on Okinawa is working to create a virtual tour of a deteriorating landmark that provided shelter to refugees and others in the final days of World War II ...

He spends much of his free time in caves like this in Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefecture, trying to bring closure to one of the most fierce and deadly battles of the Pacific war.

Larry Paleno, of Kings Park, speaks about visiting a cave in Okinawa after volunteers may have found his uncle's remains after an excavation. Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa Loarca ...

Larry Paleno, of Kings Park, speaks about visiting a cave in Okinawa after volunteers may have found his uncle's remains after an excavation.

The girls from the Okinawa Shihan Women’s School and the Okinawa Daiichi Women’s High School helped nurse and attend to injured Japanese soldiers in caves like the one at the site of the ...

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.

The girls from the Okinawa Shihan Women’s School and the Okinawa Daiichi Women’s High School helped nurse and attend to injured Japanese soldiers in caves like the one at the site of the ...

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.