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SC 207321 - Machine gun crew of the 1st Bn., 381st Infantry, keep on the alert for enemy movement on Okinawa. 19 April, 1945.
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SC 20488 - Assault troops of the 96th Division, first American soldiers to land on Okinawa, climb the sea wall on the western shore of the island.
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SC 337970 - Tenth Army doughboys of the 96th Division approach the top of Big Apple Hill, heavily fortified position, captured during an intense battle with Japanese troops on 15 June, 1945.
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SC 337968 - A patrol of the 381st Inf., 96th Div. advance against "Big Apple" hill which is visible in the background. 10 June 1945.
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SC 337971 - Up a sheer cliff to the top of "Big Apple Ridge" climb three infantrymen of the Tenth Army's 96th Infantry Div. The action took place near the town of Yuza, Okinawa.
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SC 337969 - Riflemen of the 2nd Bn., 381st Regiment of the Tenth Army's 96th Div. peer cautiously ahead as they advance across the summit of Yaeju-Dake escarpment (Big Apple Ridge) on Okinawa. 14 June 1945.
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SC 337972 - One rifleman reloads, and another fires in the 96th Infantry Division's advance to capture Big Apple Hill, scene of intense fighting on Okinawa.
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SC 208846 - A guncrew of the 383rd Inf. Regt. loads a shell into the new 57mm recoiless rifle to fire against Jap pillboxes and caves on Okinawa. 10 June, 1945.
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SC 205108-S - Capt. James R. Barron, Corpus Christi, Texas, is given plasma by front-line aid men after being wounded by a Japanese sniper on Okinawa. 4 April, 1945.
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SC 204886 - Veteran troops of the 96th Division storm the sea wall on the western shore of Okinawa. 1 April, 1945.
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SC 206494 - The 96th Division’s mop-up patrols neutralize enemy caves on Okinawa with white phosphorus and fragmentation grenades.
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SC 205564 - Heavy machine guns of 96th Division fire on Jap positions on the southern front of Okinawa.
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SC 204887 - Troops of 96th Division pause at the pass leading to Chatan village, Okinawa, while amphibious tanks move up in support.
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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 204284 - Tanks blast their way through a minefield in Okinawa with their own guns. (2/3)
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SC 204285 - Supported by a tank, infantrymen advance through heavy fire on the southern front on Okinawa island.
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SC 204281 - Men of U.S. Tenth Army make their way through a mine field, detonating mines with their own cannon. Okinawa. April 6, 1945.
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SC 196094-S - Medics administer blood plasma to an American casualty wounded when his division command post was shelled. Leyte Island, P.I. 22 October, 1944.
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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 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.