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US Marines marching through rice paddies, Okinawa, Japan, 1945US Marines near Shuri Castle, Okinawa, Japan, 1945
US Marines marching through rice paddies, Okinawa, Japan, 1945US Marines near Shuri Castle, Okinawa, Japan, 1945
US Marines observing the battlefield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945US Marines on Okinawa, Japan, 1945
US Marines observing the battlefield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945US Marines on Okinawa, Japan, 1945
US Marines on Okinawa, Japan, 1945US Marines PFC Lester Walker, Corporal Francis Penrodk, and PFC Frank Bondelk patrolling southern Okinawa, Japan with war dogs Zingo, Jack, and Major, Jun 1945
US Marines on Okinawa, Japan, 1945US Marines PFC Lester Walker, Corporal Francis Penrodk, and PFC Frank Bondelk patrolling southern Okinawa, Japan with war dogs Zingo, Jack, and Major, Jun 1945
US Marines stowing supplies under the wing of a wrecked Japanese aircraft, Okinawa, Japan, 1945USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 1 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.
US Marines stowing supplies under the wing of a wrecked Japanese aircraft, Okinawa, Japan, 1945USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 1 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.
USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 2 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.US Marine Private Bruce Rutherford cleaning his Thompson submachine gun while playing with puppies Nanci, Shoto, Sake, Zero, Banzai, and Okinawa on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Jun 1945
USAAF Photo Reconnaissance F-5E Lightning ‘Information Please’ accompanying Marine F4U Corsairs on a raid to Kushi-Take, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945. Photo 2 of 2. Note the photo nacelle under the F-5.US Marine Private Bruce Rutherford cleaning his Thompson submachine gun while playing with puppies Nanci, Shoto, Sake, Zero, Banzai, and Okinawa on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Jun 1945
Amphibious tractors delivering US Marines and supplies on the beach of Ibeya, an island in the Ryukyu Islands northwest of Okinawa, 3 Jun 1945US Marine Corps 8th Regimental Combat Team landing on Iheya, Okinawa, Japan, 3 Jun 1945
Amphibious tractors delivering US Marines and supplies on the beach of Ibeya, an island in the Ryukyu Islands northwest of Okinawa, 3 Jun 1945US Marine Corps 8th Regimental Combat Team landing on Iheya, Okinawa, Japan, 3 Jun 1945
Destroyer USS William D Porter lay mortally wounded by a Japanese special attack aircraft that hit the water close aboard without striking the ship but exploded beneath the ship, off Okinawa, 10 Jun 1945FG-1D Corsair fighters of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-323 in flight over Okinawa, Japan, 10 Jun 1945
Destroyer USS William D Porter lay mortally wounded by a Japanese special attack aircraft that hit the water close aboard without striking the ship but exploded beneath the ship, off Okinawa, 10 Jun 1945FG-1D Corsair fighters of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-323 in flight over Okinawa, Japan, 10 Jun 1945
A US Marine observing ruined buildings in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 13 Jun 1945M4 Sherman tanks of US 769th Tank Battalion moving toward Hill 89 on Okinawa, Japan, mid-Jun 1945
A US Marine observing ruined buildings in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 13 Jun 1945M4 Sherman tanks of US 769th Tank Battalion moving toward Hill 89 on Okinawa, Japan, mid-Jun 1945
Browning M1917A1 machine gun crew of US 96th Division on the top of Yaeju-Dake Hill, Okinawa, Japan, 18 Jun 1945; note yellow cloth front lines marker on rightRaising the US flag on Okinawa, Japan, 22 Jun 1945
Browning M1917A1 machine gun crew of US 96th Division on the top of Yaeju-Dake Hill, Okinawa, Japan, 18 Jun 1945; note yellow cloth front lines marker on rightRaising the US flag on Okinawa, Japan, 22 Jun 1945
US Marines and US Army soldiers celebrating the capture of Hill 89, Okinawa, Japan, 27 Jun 1945; the hill was captured by US Army 7th Inf Div on 21 JunForward flight deck of USS Ticonderoga with two Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats spotted and a cruiser, either USS Pasadena or USS Springfield, off the port bow, Jul 1945 as they steamed from Leyte toward Japan.
US Marines and US Army soldiers celebrating the capture of Hill 89, Okinawa, Japan, 27 Jun 1945; the hill was captured by US Army 7th Inf Div on 21 JunForward flight deck of USS Ticonderoga with two Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats spotted and a cruiser, either USS Pasadena or USS Springfield, off the port bow, Jul 1945 as they steamed from Leyte toward Japan.

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