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With the Old Breed on Okinawa Eugene B. Sledge

Eugene B. Sledge (“Sledgehammer”) 4 November 1923 to 3 March 2001

Central Pacific in 1942

Central Pacific in 1943

1 April to 22 June 1945, Marines, Army Navy Okinawa 1 April to 22 June 1945, Marines, Army Navy Total Dead, Allies, Japanese, and Japanese Civilians. At least 300,000 or more

Okinawa Today South Okinawa The Island of Okinawa

Okinawa’s Location vs. Kyushu – The Next Invasion Target

The Japanese Concentrated Their Forces South of Modern Day Futenma Okinawa South of Futenma (Red Arrow) Lt. General Mitsuru Ushijima 31 July 1887 to 22 June 1945

American Tanks take the top of Hill 89 Lt. General Mitsuru Ushijima Retreated to the Surijo Castle Line and then To Hill 89 on the South Coast Shurijo Castle Line American Tanks take the top of Hill 89

The Overall Commanders Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz 24 February 1885 to 20 February 1966 Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. Commander of the 10th Army on Okinawa. 18 July 1886 to 18 June 1945 (KIA Okinawa)

The Battle of Okinawa: 1 April to 22 June 1945 Map of Okinawa: Before Invasion May 1945: Thompson Submachine Gun and a Browning Automatic Rifle

It seemed so Simple at the Beginning Invasion Plan An “unopposed” Invasion

The Unopposed Landings 1 April 1945 Sledge Landed on the Yellow Beaches The Battleship Missouri

The Landings 1 April 1945 The Number of Ships Near the Landing Beaches The Buildup of material on shore

The Slow Slog on Okinawa 1 to 3 April 1945 4 to 8 April 1945

The Slow Slog Continues 9 to 12 April 1945 25 April to 3 May 1945

The Slow Slog South on Okinawa The Movement South ran into a buzz saw of Japanese fortifications A 150mm Gun hidden in a Cave that could be rolled out, fired, and rolled back in.

The End of Organized Resistance: The Marines turn around and go back up, bury the dead, stack brass cartridges, and all the caves with holdouts are eliminated with flamethrowers and satchel charges 1 to 3 June 1945 18 to 21 June 1945

Navy Losses due to Kamikaze Attacks Naval Carrier Bunker Hill hit by two Kamikaze planes British Naval Carrier Formidable hit by a Kamikaze Plane on 4 May 1945.

The Last Command Post on Hill 89 The Last Command Post on Hill 89. General Mitsuru Ushijima and Lieutenant General Isamu Cho committed suicide by seppuku here 22 June 1945.

The Potsdam Conference, July 1945

The Test of the Plutonium Bomb 16 July 1945

The Price Memorial with the Names of all who Died during the battles – Allies, Japanese Military, and Okinawa Civilians Marines Celebrating V-J Day. They would live to go home to their families

The End of the Second World War Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu Signing the Instrument of Surrender General of the Army Douglas MacArthur Signing the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Allied Powers