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Battleship Colorado bombarding Okinawa, Japan, 29 Mar 1945; cropped photo	USS Makin Island at anchor at Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 31 Mar 1945

Aerial view of USS Makin Island off Okinawa, Japan, 1945; note FM-2 Wildcat and TBM Avenger aircraft on the flight deck	Australian Destroyer HMAS Nizam alongside carrier USS Shangri-La for refueling, April 1945. Note Corsairs of Air Group 85 spotted on the flight deck.

British aircraft carriers Victorious, Formidable, Unicorn, Indefatigable, and Indomitable, comprising the carrier component of Task Force 57, at anchor in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, Apr 1945.	Destroyer USS Kimberly in Measure 32/6D paint scheme seen from an LST south of Okinawa, Japan, 29-31 Mar 1945.

Ensign Louis Victor Shepard holding binoculars aboard Sanborn, 1945	F4U Corsair at the barrier wires after landing aboard USS Bennington around Okinawa in the Western Pacific, Apr 1945.

F4U Corsair preparing for a deck launch from USS Bennington around Okinawa in the Western Pacific, Apr 1945. Note the arrowhead geometrics that identify the plane as coming from the Bennington.	Fletcher-class destroyer USS Harrison steaming alongside carrier USS Bennington as Bennington’s TBM Avengers run up their engines, early 1945 in the Western Pacific.

FM-2 Wildcat fighter of US Navy Composite Squadron 93 flying over Petrof Bay off Okinawa, Japan, March-May 1945	LCVP Higgins Boat from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Darke transferring US Army reinforcements at Okinawa, Japan, mid-April 1945

US battleships New Mexico, Idaho, and Tennessee off Iwo Jima or Okinawa, Feb-Apr 1945	US Navy salvaging a Japanese Type A Ko-hyoteki midget submarine from shallows around Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Vought F4U-1D Corsair of Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-451 ‘Blue Devils’ with its wings folded aboard USS Bunker Hill, south of Japan, spring 1945. Note the armorers readying the HVAR rockets and the rocket rack at right	Men of the US 10th Army landing on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945

Minneapolis off Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945	The Catholic chaplain aboard battleship Indiana serving communion on the ship's quarterdeck, off Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945

F4U Corsairs and TBM Avengers of Air Group 6 aboard USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 2 Apr 1945	Portrait of Yamato's officers two days prior to Ten-Go Operation, Mitajiri Anchorage, Hofu, Japan, 5 Apr 1945; note Rear Admiral Kosaku Ariga at front center