PHOTOS: An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II The fighting ended at Itoman, where Gushiken and other volunteer cave diggers - or “gamahuya ...

Takamatsu Gushiken leaves a cave Feb. 15 after a session of searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa toward the end of the World War II in 1945, in Itoman ...

During a remembrance ceremony Wednesday in Vientiane, Laos, the agency received remains that might be those of U.S. personnel lost there during the Vietnam War. On Jan. 28, the agency conducted an ...

After the war, Okinawa remained under U.S. occupation until 1972, 20 years longer than most of Japan, and it remains host to a major U.S. military presence to this day. As Japan enjoyed a postwar ...

An Okinawan Bone Digger Searches for Remains From One of the Fiercest Battles of World War II ITOMAN, Japan (AP) — Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's ...