Photos Taken in Okinawa | World War II Database

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

Aerial view of Yontan Airfield Okinawa, Japan, 1945	Americans moving ammunition and supplies through muddy terrain, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Captured Japanese resistance fighters, Okinawa, Japan, Jun 1945; prisoner at the far left was reading American propaganda literature	Civilians making bean meal, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Female Japanese civilians training with a Type 11 machine gun, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Jun 1945	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	Men of US Marine Corps 1st Division advancing on a Japanese positionl, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

NE-1 aircraft taking off from a road with a wounded US Marine on board, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	P-47N Thunderbolts of the 19th Fighter Squadron running up their engines at Ie Jima, Japan, circa June 1945.

Phosphorous grenade exploding on a Japanese position, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	Prisoners of war, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Surrendering Japanes soliders wading toward an American landing craft, Okinawa, Japan, 1945	Surrendering Japanese troops, Okinawa, Japan, 1945

United States Marine Corps Stinson OY-1 Sentinel over Naha, Okinawa, Japan, circa Jun 1945, photo 1 of 2	United States Marine Corps Stinson OY-1 Sentinel over Naha, Okinawa, Japan, circa Jun 1945, photo 2 of 2

US Army Lieutenant General Simon Buckner in Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945	US Army Lieutenant General Simon Buckner, Jr. (with camera in hand) and US Marine Corps Major General Lemuel Shepperd, Jr. (with binoculars), Okinawa, Japan, circa May-Jun 1945