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The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on OkinawaCountdown to ‘Love-Day’Sidebar: The Senior Marine CommandersSidebar: Initial Infantry CommandersSidebar: The Japanese ForcesL-Day and Movement to ContactThe Air and Sea BattlesSidebar: The U.S. Army at OkinawaSidebar: Marine Air at OkinawaAssault on ShuriSidebar: Marine Artillery at OkinawaSidebar: Marine Tanks at OkinawaClosing the LoopSidebar: Subsidiary Amphibious LandingsLegacySidebar: For Extraordinary HeroismSourcesAbout the SeriesAbout the AuthorTranscriber’s Notes

The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on OkinawaCountdown to ‘Love-Day’Sidebar: The Senior Marine CommandersSidebar: Initial Infantry CommandersSidebar: The Japanese ForcesL-Day and Movement to ContactThe Air and Sea BattlesSidebar: The U.S. Army at OkinawaSidebar: Marine Air at OkinawaAssault on ShuriSidebar: Marine Artillery at OkinawaSidebar: Marine Tanks at OkinawaClosing the LoopSidebar: Subsidiary Amphibious LandingsLegacySidebar: For Extraordinary HeroismSourcesAbout the SeriesAbout the AuthorTranscriber’s Notes

Marines inWorld War IICommemorative Series

By Colonel Joseph H. AlexanderU.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.

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.

Two Marines, Davis P. Hargraves with Thompson submachine gun and Gabriel Chavarria with BAR, of 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, advance on Wana Ridge on 18 May 1945.Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 123170

Two Marines, Davis P. Hargraves with Thompson submachine gun and Gabriel Chavarria with BAR, of 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, advance on Wana Ridge on 18 May 1945.Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 123170


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