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SC 329785 - Shore party and other troops on the beaches at this most newly invaded of Japanese islands were astonished to see a Red Cross tent set up serving hot coffee and donuts shortly after D-Day. Okinawa. 6 April, 1945.
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SC 211480 - Jap tankette knocked out in battle for Shuri.
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SC 270802 - Three riflemen of the 32nd Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, remain at a safe distance while a flame-throwing tank in the background sprays a Jap emplacement. 19 June, 1945.
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SC 270795 - With a mortar squad of the 32nd Regiment, 7th Div., on Okinawa are Pfc. Guillermo Acosta, Los Angeles, Cal., and Pfc. James Barnes, Pontiac, Mich., both of whom have also participated in the assaults on Attu, Kwajalein, and Leyte.
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SC 270786 - Men of Co. "B", 184th Inf. Regt. looking over a captured Jap gun emplacement. 30 May, 1945.
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SC 270797 - An airstrike on the escarpment in Southern Okinawa where veterans of the 7th Inf. Div. are meeting heavy resistance as the Japs make their final defensive stand. 6 June, 1945.
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SC 270799 - Soldiers of the 32nd Regt., Co. F, 7th Division and tanks lay down grazing fire with .30 cal. machine guns to reveal enemy as target for the 75mm guns on the tanks. 15 June, 1945.
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SC 270800 - 2nd Bn., 7th Div. OP on side of many coral rocks approaching Hill 153. 15 June, 1945.
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SC 270796 - Infantrymen of the 17th Regt., 7th Div., keep down and and carefully probe the the ample vegetation for the enemy. Okinawa. 21 April, 1945.
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SC 270798 - A scout of the 7th Inf. Div., on reconnaissance patrol, is probing a gulley in which an American soldier was shot by the Japanese the previous day.
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SC 270787 - Members of a machine gun section moving along hill to new position. Okinawa. 31 May, 1945.
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SC 270801 - Soldiers of the 32nd Regt., 7th Inf. Div., advancing to Hill 115 against moderate resistance. 16 June, 1945.
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SC 270794 - Japanese strongpoint is assaulted.
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SC 335371 - Five East Massachusetts boys set up an 81mm mortar.
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SC 335376 - Seven Texas men, members of the 96th Infantry Division's 763rd Tank Bn., who participated in the Battle of Okinawa, review some of the tactics they used to help defeat the Japanese.
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SC 335373 - Enlisted men and officers of ISCOM Signal Section. Okinawa. 1 May, 1945.
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SC 335372 - These five 96th Div. Texans are considered "aces" by their buddies in Co. I, 383rd Inf. Regt., an ace being anyone who has killed five or more Japs.
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SC 364357 - A gun boat in foreground, and a smoke screen can be seen in background.
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SC 405060 - Native Zamami woman prepares rice in front of municipal buildings for civilians who returned to town after American occupation.
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SC 364359 - Temporary location of the Industrial Dept. At the U.S. Naval Repair Base. Okinawa. 20 July, 1945.
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SC 208539 - Capt. James Mendlin, Manhattan, N.Y.; and T/4 Walter Strickland, Glenville, Ga., approach entrance to ruins of enemy chapel in Shuri, Okinawa.
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SC 208603 - An alert gun crew mans the lethal turret of this halftrack, on guard against Jap air attacks on Yontan airfield, Okinawa.
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SC 208842 - An infantryman of the 184th Regt. investigates the entrance to a small cave on Okinawa, typical of the terrain fought over to gain Rocky Crag.
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SC 208936 - A flame throwing tank of 96th Division burns out Japs hiding in holes along sunken road on bitterly contested “big apple” ridge, Okinawa.
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SC 131669 - Japanese Betty bomber carrying envoys from Sakashima Gento lands at Yontan Airfield.
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SC 126058 - Infantrymen disembark from landing craft after hitting beach at Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
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SC 143724-1 - Tec Sgt. Hiroshi Mukaye, Los Angeles, Cal., Japanese Interpreter for the 32nd Infantry Regiment, and S/Sgt. Ralph M. Saito, Ewa, Hawaii, interpreter for the 24th Corps, question this Japanese sailor brought in by the 32nd Infantry Regiment.
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SC 182470-1 - A Jap prisoner of war and Pfc. John H, Davis, Rt. #1, Whitwell, Tenn, 7th Reconnaissance, 7th Infantry Division, attempt to reach shore on a surf board to coax Japs still entrenched in a cave to surrender and swim to LCI.
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SC 183744 - Natural cave, found on Okinawa by these advancing 10th Army Troops, was estimated to hold nearly a thousand [Illegible].
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SC 204192 - The “Spar Hitch”, C1-M-AV1, captained by Carl, E. Peterson, New York, N.Y., in background, is the first big ship to enter Naha Harbor, Okinawa.
