The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa
Countdown to ‘Love-Day’
Sidebar: The Senior Marine Commanders
Sidebar: Initial Infantry Commanders
Sidebar: The Japanese Forces
L-Day and Movement to Contact
The Air and Sea Battles
Sidebar: The U.S. Army at Okinawa
Sidebar: Marine Air at Okinawa
Assault on Shuri
Sidebar: Marine Artillery at Okinawa
Sidebar: Marine Tanks at Okinawa
Closing the Loop
Sidebar: Subsidiary Amphibious Landings
Legacy
Sidebar: For Extraordinary Heroism
Sources
About the Series
About the Author
Transcriber’s Notes
THE FINAL
CAMPAIGN:
MARINES IN THE
VICTORY ON
OKINAWA
MARINES IN
WORLD WAR II
COMMEMORATIVE SERIES
BY COLONEL JOSEPH H. ALEXANDER
U.S. MARINE CORPS (RET)
[Illustration: _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.]
[Illustration: _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]
The Final Campaign: