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  2. Battle of Okinawa - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Okinawa. Part of the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign of the Pacific Theater ( World War II) 1st Marine Regiment during fighting at Wana Ridge during the Battle of Okinawa, May 1945. Date. 1 April – 22 June 1945 [ 1] (2 months and 3 weeks) [ 2] Location. Okinawa Island and Prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Empire of Japan.

  3. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima ( Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗[citation needed][relevant?], Hepburn: Iōtō no Seijōki, lit. 'The Stars and Stripes on Iōtō') is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.

  4. Battle of Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Iwo Jima. / 24.78; 141.32. The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.

  5. Naval Base Okinawa - Wikipedia

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    Population. Peak of over 545,000 US Troops in 1945. (12,000 killed) Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on Okinawa Island, Japan. The naval bases were built to support the landings on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, and the troops fighting on Okinawa.

  6. Paul E. Ison - Wikipedia

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    Paul E. Ison. Paul Edward Ison (October 8, 1916 – October 3, 2001) was a United States Marine Corps infantryman featured in an iconic World War II photograph shot by photographer Private Bob Bailey during the Battle of Okinawa on May 10, 1945, in which the crouching Ison is seen running across "Death Valley" while dodging heavy machine gun ...

  7. Okinawa naval order of battle - Wikipedia

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    The following table lists the Allied naval vessels that received damage or were sunk in the Battle of Okinawa between 19 March – 30 July 1945. The table lists a total of 147 damaged ships, five of which were damaged by enemy suicide boats, and another five by mines. One source estimated that total Japanese sorties during the entire Okinawa ...

  8. Mitsuru Ushijima - Wikipedia

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    Mitsuru Ushijima (牛島 満, Ushijima Mitsuru, 31 July 1887 – 22 June 1945[ 1]) was a Japanese general who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. He was the commanding general of the 32nd Army, which fought in the Battle of Okinawa during the final stages of the war. Ushijima's troops were defeated, and at the end of ...

  9. Cornerstone of Peace - Wikipedia

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    The Cornerstone of Peace (平和の礎, Heiwa no Ishiji) was unveiled on 23 June 1995 in memory of the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa and the end of World War II. [1] [2] It was erected to: (1) Remember those lost in the war, and pray for perpetual peace; (2) Pass on the lessons of war; and (3) Serve as a place for meditation and ...

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