Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. Wikipedia
Dates: Apr 1, 1945 – Jun 22, 1945
Location: Okinawa Island, Ginoza, Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Result: Allied victory
Did you know: Battle of Okinawa is the third-most lethal American battle by estimated number of americans killed (20,195 killed). wikipedia.org
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BigTunaahi: My father was in the harbor there on an LST. He didn’t talk a whole lot about the war, but I remember him commenting on how oddly pretty anti aircraft fire was at night, said it made you forget the purpose of it was to kill someone.
His ship was sunk (in the daylight) by a Kamikaze.
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