The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa

by Joseph H. Alexander

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Contents

• [The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa]
• [Countdown to ‘Love-Day’]
• [ Sidebar: The Senior Marine Commanders]
• [ Sidebar: Initial Infantry Commanders]
• [ Sidebar: The Japanese Forces]
• [L-Day and Movement to Contact]
• [The Air and Sea Battles]
• [ Sidebar: The U.S. Army at Okinawa]
• [ Sidebar: Marine Air at Okinawa]
• [Assault on Shuri]
• [ Sidebar: Marine Artillery at Okinawa]
• [ Sidebar: Marine Tanks at Okinawa]
• [Closing the Loop]
• [ Sidebar: Subsidiary Amphibious Landings]
• [Legacy]
• [ Sidebar: For Extraordinary Heroism]
• [Sources]
• [About the Series]
• [About the Author]
• [Transcriber’s Notes]

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The Final
Campaign:
Marines in the
Victory on
Okinawa

Marines in
World War II
Commemorative Series

By Colonel Joseph H. Alexander
U.S. Marine Corps (Ret)

LtCol Richard P. Ross, commander of 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, braves sniper fire to place the division’s colors on a parapet of Shuri Castle on 30 May. This flag was first raised over Cape Gloucester and then Peleliu. Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 121832.