Sunday, June 22, 2014

Okinawa Victory

On this day in 1945, after nearly three months of bloody conflict, the Battle of Okinawa ended in an American victory, securing the final island needed for the imminent invasion of Japan, scheduled for later in the fall of 1945. 12,500 Americans lost their lives in the battle, along with 35,000 wounded.

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