I Okinawa Pictures
Top—This is Kadena airstrip,
11 miles from Naha, capital of
Okinawa. It was one of the first
5 objectives taken by AmeiicaD
troops
Center—Great areas of Naha’s
! port district (center) were wiped
out by bombs from American
carrier planes making the pre-in
| vasion attack.
Bottom—Japanese planes can
be seen on the runways and taxi
ways of Naha airport, the largest
on Okinawa island in the Kyuk
Iyus. This Navy airview was tak
en during a carrier-plane raid.
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Below—All members 0f
armed forces going ashore in B
Okinawa invasion were reqnj!
to exchange their American 7
lars for the first issue of the i!
erican-made yen. Ensign l
Stanley, of Detroit, Mich., j,"*
suing invasion money to <
Clayton L. Foley, of Van Nu!
Calif. m
Map—Pointers from flag ^
cate approximate extent of ^
erican beachhead first establj
ed on Okinawa, in what Adi
Nimitz described as the large
operation of the Pacific war.