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U.S. Marines guard Japanese prisoners on Okinawa. The more than 300 Japanese soldiers who surrendered to the U.S. Sixth Marine Division during the final 24-hours of organized resistance on Okinawa, main Ryukyu (Loochoo) island wrested from the Japanese June 20, 1945, crowd a prisoner of war stockade on the strategic island. The toll of Japanese prisoners taken on the island through June 27, was 9,948, ...

Enorme rookzuil van het ontplofte op 7 april 1945 ten noorden van Okinawa ontplofte 'Yamato' klasse slagschip 'Yamato' van de Keizerlijke Japanse Marine Behoort tot een verzameling fotodrukken van oorlogshandelingen en -schade aan vaartuigen van Japan ten tijde van de tweede wereldoorlog

U.S. Navy warship founds Okinawa positions. A blanket of smoke billows from the guns of a U.S. Navy warship as it hurls shells on Japanese positions on Okinawa. The Americans landed on the strategic Ryukyu (Leechee) island, 375miles (600 km.) from Japan, March 31, 1945. By June9, they had isilated elements of the Japanese forces on Oroku Peninsula and were attacking the last main defense line in the ...