US sailors struggle to contain damage from Kamikaze attacks during the American invasion of Okinawa, the largest of the Ryukyu Islands ... [LCID: na116]
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Scene during the US invasion of Okinawa

US sailors struggle to contain damage from Kamikaze attacks during the US invasion of Okinawa, the largest of the Ryukyu Islands (the islands closest to the Japanese home islands). May 11, 1945.

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Pacific theater United States World War II military campaigns
  • War & Conflict, National Archives

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