During the time Army Captain Charles Gail wandered Okinawa with his box camera in 1952, his intention was artistic. But his slice-of-life photos — along with his detailed notes about each scene — ...

On the eve of their return to the states, the crew of the U.S.S. Blake is unpleasantly surprised when their new captain, Lt. Commander Hale, announces that they've been reassigned to the upcoming ...

In 1952, an U.S. Army captain named Charles E. Gail was stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa, which is about halfway between Japan’s mainland and Taiwan in the East China Sea. At the time, ...

Okinawa has had a tumultuous history and a scattered identity throughout the twentieth century. As a Japanese territory before World War II, Okinawans did not ever fully adopted Japanese culture as ...

Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima has decided not to attend a ceremony in Tokyo on April 28 to mark the restoration of Japan's sovereignty in 1952 -- seven years after its defeat in World War II.