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	6th Marine Division on Okinawa A demolition crew from the 6th Marine Division watch dynamite charges explode and destroy a Japanese cave. Okinawa, May 1945. Robert M. Cusack. (Marine Corps)	More
	6th Marine Division using dynamite to seal cave Tenth Army commander General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. called the tactics used on Okinawa "corkscrew and blowtorch" for the press. Demolitions were the corkscrew and flamethrowers the blowtorch. This view shows a team from the 6th Marine Division using dynamite to seal a cave as the Marines approach the Shuri Line. The man closest to the camera has a SCR-300 "walkie-talkie" radio. The flanks and rear of Sugar Loaf Hill were blanketed by fire from extensive cave and tunnel positions in Half Moon Hill to the southeast and the Horseshoe to the south. The 6th Division's analysis of the terrain pointed out that: ...the sharp depression included within the Horseshoe afforded mortar positions that were almost inaccessible to any arm short of direct, aimed rifle fire and hand grenades. Any attempt to capture Sugar Loaf by flanking action from east or west is immediately exposed to flat trajectory fire from both of the supporting terrain features. Between May 9-18, 1945, the 6th Marine Division suffered 2,662 combat casualties in reducing the Sugar Loaf complex. Japanese casualties were much higher; almost all were killed. Only five Japanese were taken prisoner in early May 1945.	More
	AAA gun emplacement with crew on Okinawa View of #4 90mm AAA gun emplacement with crew in pit. "D" Battery, 98th AAA Gun Bn., 137th AAA Gp. Okinawa, July 18, 1945. Hendrickson. (Army)	More
	Battle-wrecked alligator tank, Okinawa On the flank of a battle-wrecked alligator tank the Okinawa sun casts the shadows of 6th Division Marines as they move into to mop up the southern tip of the island. 1945. Cpl. A. J. Giossi. (Marine Corps)	More
	Corsair fires on Japanese stronghold, Okinawa Corsair fighter plane fires rocket projectiles on a run against a Japanese stronghold on Okinawa. In the lower background is the smoke of battle as Marine units move in to follow up with a Sunday punch. June 1945. Lt. David D. Duncan. (Marine Corps)	More
	General Lemuel Shepherd of the 6th Marine Division With the captured capital of Naha as a background, Marine Maj. Gen. Lemuel Shepherd, commanding general of the 6th Marine Division, relaxes on an Okinawan ridge long enough to consult a map of the terrain. June 1945. Pfc. Sam Weiner. (Marine Corps)	More
	Gunners working Barbette gun on USS New Jersey, Okinawa Gunners packing in bags of powder which will fire the huge shell already in the 16" Barbette gun, on board the U.S.S. New Jersey (BB-62), North of Okinawa, April 7, 1945.	More
	Japanese night attack "Hell's Belles" squadron, Okinawa Japanese night raiders are greeted with anti-aircraft fire by the Marine defenders at Yontan airfield, Okinawa. In the foreground are Marine Corsair fighter planes of the "Hell's Belles" squadron, 316th Fighter Squadron, Jan 20, 1945. T.Sgt. Chorlest. (Marine Corps)	More
	LCT's and LSM's unload supplies on Okinawa From left to right: LCT-1415, LCT-1179, LCT-1265, LCT-1049 are landing supplies on Yellow Beach near the mouth of the Bishi Gawa (River) while LSM-220 and LST-1000 are maneuvering behind them, note 55-gallon drum dump ashore and vehicles unloading. The fleet is out to sea beyond the coral reef that prevented cargo and assault ships from getting in any closer. LCVPs (Higgins Boats) and other craft carry supplies to the beaches while the LCTs, LSMs and LSTs could land right on the beach at high tide after seabees enlarged the beach exit, Hagushi, Okinawa. On April 1, 1945, L-Day for Okinawa, LSM-220 grounded on the reef on Blue Beach twice attempting to land tanks, both times the water was too deep. LSM-220 finally delivered her tanks to Yellow Beach 2. Pontoon causeways out to the reef were built and natural sandbars enlarged so that unloading operations could continue at low tide and LCTs could unload on the beach. Despite the deep water and lack of suitable grounding space, eventually more cargo was unloaded at the Hagushi beaches in a shorter period of time than any other Pacific amphibious invasion. The LCTs and the LST in the photo were scrapped after the war; LSM-220 served as a commercial transport, supplying NASA's operations in Florida, until she was sunk in storm off the Bahamas in 1970.	More
	LSM's firing rockets off Tokashiki Island LSM(R)-196 LSM(R)-190 and LSM(R)-199 firing rockets off Tokashiki Island in Kerama-retto, Okinawa, in support of the landing of the 306th Regiment of the 77th Infantry Division. The island was declared secure on March 29, 1945; Japanese continued to hold out until the end of the war. The US Navy adapted the Landing Ship Medium as a gunboat/rocketship in 1944. Built at Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, the LSM(R)'s carried one 5-inch (127 millimeter) dual-pupose gun, two 40mm Bofors and three 20mm oerlikon antiaircraft guns, and 75 5-inch four-rail Mark 36 (capable of variable elevation) and 30 5-inch six-rail Mark 30 (fixed at 45 degrees) rocket launchers that could fire either spin-stabilized or fin-stabilized rockets. The warheads were usually modified 5-inch/38 caliber artillery shells with 8.6 pounds (3.9 kilograms) of trinitrotoluene (TNT). The entire complement of 380 rockets could be fired in under one minute to a range of 10,000 yards (9.1 kilometers). After supporting amphibious landings in Kerama and Okinawa with rocket barrages, LSMs were detailed to provide additional antiaircraft support to radar picket ships protecting the invasion fleet from kamikaze attacks. LSM(R)-190 was sunk by a kamikaze on May 4, 1945 while on picket duty.	More
	Marine gets haircut, Okinawa With their M1 155mm howitzer behind them, Private First Class Troy Dixon, Leadhill, Arkansas, uses a Japanese barber chair to cut the hair of Sergeant John Anderson, Anita, Pennsylvania. Both men are from the 363rd Field Artillery Battalion, 96th Infantry Division, XXIV Corps, Tenth Army. War weary from days of heavy combat operations, the 363rd Field Artillery Battalion left Buckner Bay, Okinawa on July 27, 1945 on Coast Guard-manned LST-832 for Mindoro, Philippine Islands for rest and relaxation. Shuri, Okinawa, June 10, 1945. Photo by Hendrickson, U.S. Army.	More
	Marine moves into "Death Valley" Okinawa A Marine dashes through Japanese machine gun fire while crossing a draw called "Death Valley" by the men fighting there. Marines sustained more than 125 casualties in eight hours crossing this valley on Okinawa, May 10, 1945. Pvt. Bob Bailey. (Marine Corps)	More
	Marine rifleman in Okinawa cave Silhouetted against the entrance to one of the caves in the Okinawa hills, a Marine rifleman resorts to special tactics to pick off enemy snipers in the surrounding ridges. Ca. June 1945. Cpl. F. E. Kershaw. (Marine Corps)	More
	Marines fire at Japanese positions, Okinawa Marines fire at Japanese positions in Southern Okinawa begins the early morning hours of May 11, 1945 as an all out offensive gets underway. Cpl. Eastman. (Marine Corps)	More
	Marines pass through village on Okinawa Marines pass through a small village where Japanese soldiers lay dead. Okinawa, April 1945. Norris G. McElroy. (Marine Corps)	More
	Marines transport 500lbs bombs to aircraft Marines transport 500lbs bombs to aircraft at advanced Pacific base. Ca. 1944.	More
	Pilots in briefing room USS Essex Pilots being briefed on board the USS Essex, night before the raid on Okinawa, January 1945. Photo by Ens. Thomas Binford, US Navy.	More
	Rockets being loaded under wing of F4U, Okinawa Five-inch rockets being loaded under the wing of an F4U of MAG-33 just before take-off. The safety pins are removed and the rockets are ready for charging at airbase on Okinawa, June 1945. Lt. David D. Duncan. (Marine Corps)	More
	Tank under water on Okinawa A tank sunk in 5 feet of water waits for towing equipment. The Tank Commander gives vent to his feelings with a string of unprintable phraseology while his driver uses a helmet to bale out the interior on Okinawa, May 1945.	More
	Tank-borne infantry of 29th Marines, Okinawa Tank-borne infantry moving up to take the town of Ghuta before the Japanese can occupy it. The men are members of the 29th Marines on Okinawa, April 1, 1945. Pfc. Robert L. Keller. (Marine Corps)	More
	Transfer wounded men off USS Bunker Hill Transfer of wounded men from USS Bunker Hill to USS Wilkes Barre, who were injured during fire aboard carrier following Japanese suicide dive bombing attack off Okinawa in Ryukyus. May 11, 1945. PhoM3c. Kenneth E. Roberts. (Navy)	More
	USS Bunker Hill burning, Kamikaze attacks USS Bunker Hill burning after Japanese kamikaze attacks near Okinawa, May 11, 1945.	More
	USS Bunker Hill hit by Kamikazes USS Bunker Hill hit by two Kamikazes in 30 seconds off Kyushu. On the morning of 11 May 1945, while supporting the Okinawa invasion, Bunker Hill was hit and severely damaged by two Kamikazes.	More
	Wounded Marine carried off tank, Okinawa Pvt. W. D. Fuhlrodt is removed from the tank which carried him from the front lines. Japanese artillery and small arms fire made it impossible for ambulances to carry the wounded to the rear on Okinawa, 1945. Sgt. Thomas D. Barnett, Jr. (Marine Corps )	More
	Wounded Marine from the Battle of Okinawa U.S. Marine receives help from his wounds from the "Battle of Okinawa" on board U.S.S. Soiace enroute to Guam. May 1945. Lt. Victor Jorgensen. (Navy)	More