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8 unusual facts about Battle of Okinawa


Anthony F. DePalma

In addition to serving to evacuate casualties to New Zealand, his ship was involved in several of the Pacific island assaults (Guam, Leyte, Okinawa).

Battle of Okinawa

The main landing was made by XXIV Corps and III Amphibious Corps on the Hagushi beaches on the western coast of Okinawa on L-Day, 1 April, which was both Easter Sunday and April Fools' Day in 1945.

Bingata

During the Battle of Okinawa, much was lost, and production stopped due to the destruction of the shops.

Charlie Behan

During the Okinawa campaign, Behan took part in the Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill.

Human shield

During the Battle of Okinawa, Japanese soldiers often used civilians as human shields against American troops.

Okinawa Bulletins

The Okinawa Bulletins were a two-part series of films made by the United States Marine Corps documenting the Battle of Okinawa in the summer of 1945.

Operation Tan No. 2

She then took part in the Battle of Okinawa, where Admiral Mitscher shifted his flag to her after Kamikaze attacks successively knocked both USS Bunker Hill and USS Enterprise out of the battle.

Phillip Shriver

During World War II, he served as a lieutenant (j.g.) in the U.S. Navy aboard the Pacific Fleet destroyer USS Murray and participated in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns.


6th Marine Division on Okinawa

The 6th Marine Division on Okinawa is a 1945 Kodachrome color documentary film produced about the action of its 6th Division during the Battle of Okinawa.

Tomomi Inada

She stands for the government in relation to the lawsuit relating to Yasukuni Shrine, and serves as an attorney for the plaintiff concerning the "Contest to kill 100 people using a sword" that allegedly occurred during the Second Sino-Japanese War, as well as the commanders who fought in the Battle of Okinawa and a bereaved family suing Kenzaburō Ōe and Iwanami Shoten for their defamation of character towards the commanders.


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