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US battleships New Mexico, Idaho, and Tennessee off Iwo Jima or Okinawa, Feb-Apr 1945US Navy salvaging a Japanese Type A Ko-hyoteki midget submarine from shallows around Okinawa, Japan, 1945155mm Gun M1 of US 420th Field Artillery Group set up on Keise Shima near Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945Men of the US 10th Army landing on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945
US battleships New Mexico, Idaho, and Tennessee off Iwo Jima or Okinawa, Feb-Apr 1945US Navy salvaging a Japanese Type A Ko-hyoteki midget submarine from shallows around Okinawa, Japan, 1945155mm Gun M1 of US 420th Field Artillery Group set up on Keise Shima near Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945Men of the US 10th Army landing on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945
US Marine with Winchester Model 1912 shotgun on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945US Marines landing on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945US Marines moving across Yontan Airfield, Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945American ships unloading supplies on the beach of Okinawa, Japan, 4 Apr 1945
US Marine with Winchester Model 1912 shotgun on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945US Marines landing on Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945US Marines moving across Yontan Airfield, Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan, 1 Apr 1945American ships unloading supplies on the beach of Okinawa, Japan, 4 Apr 1945
Six TBM-3 Avengers of Torpedo Squadron 6 flying from the carrier Hancock during a raid on Amami-O-Shima in the Okinawa Campaign, 4 Apr 1945.A Japanese special attack aircraft exploding on the deck of USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945A mushroom cloud hanging above battleship YamatoBattleship Yamato under aerial attack in the East China Sea, 7 Apr 1945
Six TBM-3 Avengers of Torpedo Squadron 6 flying from the carrier Hancock during a raid on Amami-O-Shima in the Okinawa Campaign, 4 Apr 1945.A Japanese special attack aircraft exploding on the deck of USS Hancock off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945A mushroom cloud hanging above battleship Yamato's exploding hull, 7 Apr 1945Battleship Yamato under aerial attack in the East China Sea, 7 Apr 1945
Crewmen of USS Hancock assessing the damage caused by Japanese special attack aircraft, off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945Cruiser Yahagi listing heavily to port, East China Sea, 7 Apr 1945 at 1345 hours; note four American aircraft in flight on the left side of the photographDamaged USS Hancock hiding in smoke, off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945USS Hancock burning after being struck by a kamikaze special attack aircraft off Okinawa, 7 Apr 1945. Note fires burning fore and aft, and TBM Avenger flying over the carrier. Photographed from USS Pasadena.
Crewmen of USS Hancock assessing the damage caused by Japanese special attack aircraft, off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945Cruiser Yahagi listing heavily to port, East China Sea, 7 Apr 1945 at 1345 hours; note four American aircraft in flight on the left side of the photographDamaged USS Hancock hiding in smoke, off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945USS Hancock burning after being struck by a kamikaze special attack aircraft off Okinawa, 7 Apr 1945. Note fires burning fore and aft, and TBM Avenger flying over the carrier. Photographed from USS Pasadena.
USS Hancock burning after being struck by special attack aircraft, off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945; note USS EssexUSS Hancock maneuvering to control fires after being hit by a Japanese special attack aircraft off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945Yahagi being straddled by near misses, East China Sea, 7 April 1945Yamato and a destroyer in action, 7 Apr 1945
USS Hancock burning after being struck by special attack aircraft, off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945; note USS Essex's flight deck in foregroundUSS Hancock maneuvering to control fires after being hit by a Japanese special attack aircraft off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945Yahagi being straddled by near misses, East China Sea, 7 April 1945Yamato and a destroyer in action, 7 Apr 1945

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