Okinawa Campaign Photographs | World War II Database

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Yamato being attacked in the East China Sea, 7 Apr 1945. Note the Agano-class cruiser Yahagi in the upper left distance.	Yamato exploded, 7 Apr 1945	Yamato listing but still underway, 7 Apr 1945	Yamato maneuvering, 7 Apr 1945

Yamato with a destroyer, listing heavy to port, 7 Apr 1945	Ernie Pyle with US Marines, Okinawa, Japan, 8 Apr 1945	Burial at sea aboard USS Hancock for those killed by Japanese special attack two days prior, off Okinawa, Japan, 9 Apr 1945	Men of the 383nd Infantry Regiment, US 96th Division firing at a Japanese position in the Mashiki area, Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr 1945

US Army soldiers disembarking from LVTs onto Okinawa beach, Japan, circa Apr 1945	Japanese special attack Zero fighter crashing into USS Missouri, off Okinawa, Japan, 11 April 1945	African-American US Marines and sailors resting at the base of a Japanese war memorial, Okinawa, Japan, 12 Apr 1945. On steps: Snowden, Martin. On monument: Walton, Ellenberg, Brown, Brawner.	USS Tennessee burning shortly after being struck by a Japanese D3A special attack aircraft of Operation Kikusui No. 2, off Okinawa, Japan, 12 Apr 1945

American ships landing troops and supplies on a beach on Okinawa, Japan, 13 Apr 1945	Gunners aboard USS Miami firing at Japanese aircraft, off Okinawa, Japan, 14 Apr 1945	Men of the US 6th Marine Division observing shelling of a Japanese position near Yae Take Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 14 Apr 1945	Intrepid burning after special attack, off Okinawa, Japan, 16 Apr 1945; a Fletcher-class destroyer in foreground

TBM Avenger torpedo planes of Composite Squadron 84 from USS Makin Island flying over Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 16 Apr 1945	US Army troops aboard LCVP landing craft sailing toward invasion beaches on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, 16 Apr 1945	USS Intrepid smoking and listing after being struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft off Okinawa, 16 Apr 1945.	USS Intrepid smoking and listing after being struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft off Okinawa, 16 Apr 1945. Note the volume of water from the fire fighting efforts pouring out of the hangar deck.