Okinawa Campaign Photographs | World War II Database

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Essex underway at sea during the Okinawa Campaign, 20 May 1945; note the F4U and F6F aircraft on the flight deck	Men of US Marine Corps 6th Division at Naha, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945

US Marine sniper, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	US Marines surveying a suspected Japanese position, Shuri, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945

Men of 1st Battalion of US 4th Marine Regiment setting up camp on 'Sugar Loaf' on Okinawa, Japan, 26 May 1945	Sherman tanks of US 6th Marine Division at Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 27 May 1945

US Marine Staff Sergeant A S. Barnacle shaving in his camp on Okinawa, Japan, ignoring the heavy flooding due to rain, 28 May 1945	Men of US 6th Marine Division resting in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 29 May 1945

US Marine Lieutenant Colonel R. P. Ross, Jr. raising an US flag over Shuri castle on Okinawa, Japan, 29 May 1945, photo 1 of 2	US Marine Lieutenant Colonel R. P. Ross, Jr. raising an US flag over Shuri castle on Okinawa, Japan, 29 May 1945, photo 2 of 2

A Corsair fighter ripple firing its HVAR rockets at Japanese positions at Okinawa, Japan, Jun 1945	A group of Japanese prisoners, Okinawa, Japan, circa Jun 1945

A US command post on Okinawa, Japan in ruins of a tomb, 1945	Aerial view of a harbor on Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Americans moving ammunition and supplies through muddy terrain, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	Civilians making bean meal, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Japanese resistance fighters captured, Okinawa, Japan, Jun 1945; prisoner to the far left reading American propaganda literature	M4 Sherman tanks operating on Okinawa, Japan, circa Jun 1945; note tank in center had been disabled

Major General Lemuel Sheperd and Lieutenant General Simon Buckner observing the field, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	Marine Major General Lemuel Shepherd of the 6th Marine Division studied a map on Okinawa, Jun 1945