NEWS
April 1, 1995
As 182,000 U.S. assault troops started ashore, World War II's last big battle began 50 years ago today. The Japanese worked a year, creating 60 miles of underground positions-enough to shelter all 100, 000 defenders. their strategy: a defensive battle to delay U.S. takeover of this key staging point to the Japanese mainland. 'Blowtorch and Corkscrew' A hallmark of fighting on Okinawa was attacks on caves and fortified positions that honeycombed the hills, escarpments and terraces.
ENTERTAINMENT
November 16, 1990 | HEATHER W. MORGAN
Isabella Barone never dreamed that she'd possess more physical and mental vitality at 75 than she did at 50. But then she didn't realize when she signed up for a tai chi chuan class on a whim that eventually she would master the martial art form and become an instructor. "They say tai chi promotes longevity," said Barone, a resident of Sunland. "I guess they're right."
TRAVEL
March 20, 1994 | AMANDA MAYER STINCHECUM, Stinchecum is a New York-based free-lance writer and textile historian who specializes in Okinawa.
Picking my way over the bumpy dirt road behind the Sakae market, the melancholy strains of a shamisen, barely audible above the hubbub of voices, greet me as I duck under the curtain and slide open the door of the bar/restaurant Urizun. The regulars at the bar scoot over to make room for me on my first night back in Naha. Our host and friend, Tsuchiya Saneyuki, welcomes me back and introduces me to a few people I haven't met before.