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CBS war correspondent Tim Leimert and USMC pilot 1st Lieutenant Herbert Groff, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 23 Apr 1945Anti-aircraft tracers in the night sky above Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 28 Apr 1945; note US Marine Corps Corsair fighters in foregroundSpectacular photo showing the moment a VT Proximity Fuze detonated a 5-inch shell nearly in the face of an attacking pilot, 29 Apr 1945, Kerama Retto near Okinawa, Japan. The ship is seaplane tender USS St. George.2nd Lieutenant Donald Rusling, Captain Donald Garrett, 2nd Lieutenant Lester Bartils, and 2nd Lieutenant Glenn Hunter at a bomb shelter, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945
CBS war correspondent Tim Leimert and USMC pilot 1st Lieutenant Herbert Groff, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 23 Apr 1945Anti-aircraft tracers in the night sky above Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 28 Apr 1945; note US Marine Corps Corsair fighters in foregroundSpectacular photo showing the moment a VT Proximity Fuze detonated a 5-inch shell nearly in the face of an attacking pilot, 29 Apr 1945, Kerama Retto near Okinawa, Japan. The ship is seaplane tender USS St. George.2nd Lieutenant Donald Rusling, Captain Donald Garrett, 2nd Lieutenant Lester Bartils, and 2nd Lieutenant Glenn Hunter at a bomb shelter, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Admiral Raymond Spruance, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, and Lieutenant Simon Buckner at Okinawa, Japan, circa May 1945Aerial photo of the town of Ie on Ie Jima, Japan, circa 1945Aerial view of Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945American flamethrower tank attacking a Japanese-held cave, Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945
Admiral Raymond Spruance, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, and Lieutenant Simon Buckner at Okinawa, Japan, circa May 1945Aerial photo of the town of Ie on Ie Jima, Japan, circa 1945Aerial view of Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945American flamethrower tank attacking a Japanese-held cave, Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945
Americans walking through the ruins of Naha, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945F4U-1D Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-312 lined up at Kadena Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945.Man of US 1st Marine Division comforting a fellow Marine who had just witnessed the death of a friend, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945Men and M4 Sherman tank of the 382nd Infantry Regiment, US 96th Division on a road leading into Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945
Americans walking through the ruins of Naha, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945F4U-1D Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-312 lined up at Kadena Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 1945.Man of US 1st Marine Division comforting a fellow Marine who had just witnessed the death of a friend, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945Men and M4 Sherman tank of the 382nd Infantry Regiment, US 96th Division on a road leading into Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945
Men of the US 1st Marine Division fording a muddy jungle stream at Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945MXY7 Ohka Model 11 aircraft I-13, captured by Americans at Yontan airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945, photo 1 of 2MXY7 Ohka Model 11 aircraft I-13, captured by Americans at Yontan airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945, photo 2 of 2PFC Elroy Karl, PFC Joe Levy, Sgt Herbert Curtis, and Cpl Leland Wheeler working on a Hellcat fighter of US Marine Air Group 31, Yontan Airfield, Okinanwa, Japan, May 1945
Men of the US 1st Marine Division fording a muddy jungle stream at Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945MXY7 Ohka Model 11 aircraft I-13, captured by Americans at Yontan airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945, photo 1 of 2MXY7 Ohka Model 11 aircraft I-13, captured by Americans at Yontan airfield, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945, photo 2 of 2PFC Elroy Karl, PFC Joe Levy, Sgt Herbert Curtis, and Cpl Leland Wheeler working on a Hellcat fighter of US Marine Air Group 31, Yontan Airfield, Okinanwa, Japan, May 1945
Public relations personnel of US Marine Airfield Group 31 Sgt Claude Canup, Sergeant James Driscoll, and Technical Sergeant Charles Corkran, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, 1945US Marine Air Group 31 pilot 1st Lieutenant Del Carlton sleeping after a night flight, Okinawa, Japan, 1945US Marine Colonel Francis Fenton conducting the funeral of his son Private First Class Mike Fenton, near Shuri, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945US Marine F4U Corsair fighter dropping a fire bomb on a Japanese position in northern Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945
Public relations personnel of US Marine Airfield Group 31 Sgt Claude Canup, Sergeant James Driscoll, and Technical Sergeant Charles Corkran, Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, 1945US Marine Air Group 31 pilot 1st Lieutenant Del Carlton sleeping after a night flight, Okinawa, Japan, 1945US Marine Colonel Francis Fenton conducting the funeral of his son Private First Class Mike Fenton, near Shuri, Okinawa, Japan, May 1945US Marine F4U Corsair fighter dropping a fire bomb on a Japanese position in northern Okinawa, Japan, circa Apr-Jun 1945

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