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U.S. Navy ships firing rockets towards Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. U.S. Navy LSM(R)s 196, 190, and 199 fire salvos of rockets in support of U.S. landings on Okinawa. Official...
USS Hazelwood after kamikaze attacks off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Destroyer USS Hazelwood (DD-531) [right] after a kamikaze attack; another American warship is next the the...
96th Infantry Division soldiers firing a 37 mm Gun M3 at Japanese forces, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Two soldiers from the 96th Infantry Division firing a 37 mm Gun M3 towards Japanese forces from behind a...
77th Infantry Division tank destroyer firing at Japanese forces, Shuri, 1945
Photograph. 77th Infantry Division M18 Hellcat tank destroyer firing at Japanese forces. Official caption on front: "...
Curley, Walter Okinawa
Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior [Annotator's Note: with the Military Police Company, Headquarters Battalion, 5th...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" Battle of Sugarloaf Hill
Following the battle of Okinawa, Richard Witaker learned more about Japanese strategies and preparations for the Marine...
Powers, Robert Northern Okinawa and Sugar Loaf Hill
Robert Powers went ashore unopposed at Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. He was in a foxhole with his buddy...
Brown, Jules Okinawa and War's End
Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] received news that his ship would take part in the...
Kolesa, Thomas Thoughts On War and Life
Thomas Kolesa feels he had the best education he could have ever gotten from the Marine Corps. When he got into...
Bender, Harry Returning Home and Recollections
Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BARman, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th...
McConnell, Trist End of the War
By the time he went overseas, Julian Trist Bringier McConnell did not have heavy ammunition. He spent most of his time...
Burgin, Romus "R.V." First Action at Okinawa and Getting the Bronze Star Medal
[Annotator's Note: Romus Valtin Burgin served in the United States Marine Corps as a mortar section leader in Company K...

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