Okinawa Prefecture

A compelling look at the athletes who went to battle in World War II

Now we laugh about our trip in 1971 to Okinawa, my friend Mike and I—he was 23, I, 28—and sometimes, if it's late at night and we've had enough to drink, we talk about returning, just to look around, eat sushi, and...

Douglas Macarthur II, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, on his fishing during a stopover in Okinawa: "I feel certain I have established some kind of world's record. I caught a fish no bigger than the end of my fingernail,...