1 April 1945, Easter Sunday.

Operation Iceberg.

The Hagushi beaches on Okinawa’s western coast.

Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner Jr. commanded it until his death on 18 June.

Admiral Raymond Spruance.

Vice Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner.

Lt. Gen. Mitsuru Ushijima.

The Japanese 32nd Army’s chief of staff.

The 32nd Army’s senior operations officer.

For airfields, anchorages, and a forward base for operations against Japan.

No. It contained an established civilian society, farms, towns, and cultural sites.

The old royal capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom and a major cultural center.

No. Civilian residents must be distinguished from the garrison and locally mobilized personnel.

The main Japanese defense concentrated inland, especially in the south.

No. The fortified southern defenses produced a prolonged battle.

The 1st and 6th Marine Divisions.

The 7th and 96th Infantry Divisions.

The Bishi River.

A demonstration off southeastern Okinawa and a reserve role, rather than the same sustained advance as the assault divisions.

Yontan and Kadena.

It restricted which landing craft could reach shore at different tides.

Moving vehicles and supplies between landing ships and the beach.

Yes. Medical facilities and evacuation arrangements followed the assault.

Repair and expand them for Allied aircraft.

Reducing Japanese positions in the rugged Yae-Take area.

The 6th Marine Division.

Iejima.

Its airfields and location made it a valuable supporting objective.

The 77th Infantry Division.

16 April 1945.

Iegusugu, the prominent central height on Ie Shima.

On Ie Shima, rather than on the main island of Okinawa.

18 April 1945.

His reporting made ordinary servicemen’s experiences familiar to readers.

Yes. Its campaign continued in the southern defenses after Ie Shima.

The Statue of Liberty.

A system of mutually supporting defensive positions, not a single continuous wall.

They reduced direct observation and sheltered positions from some incoming fire.

Defenders could remain active in caves, tunnels, and neighboring positions.

Maeda Escarpment near Urasoe.

The Army’s 77th Infantry Division.

No. He was an Army aidman with the 307th Infantry.

The 307th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division.

29 April through 21 May 1945.

The citation describes moving casualties to the edge and lowering them with a rope-supported litter.

No. Compare its dramatization with the citation, official history, and battlefield maps.

No. His citation records multiple actions over several weeks.

Fortified positions, including cave defenses.

Close-range attackers and concealed positions threatened tanks in broken terrain.

It was part of a mutually supporting hill complex.

Horseshoe and Half Moon were key supporting positions.

The 6th Marine Division.

Among its major objectives were Dakeshi and Wana on the approach to Shuri.

Mud restricted vehicle movement, supply, and casualty evacuation.

No. The Japanese withdrew to positions farther south.

The city on 28 April and 23 May 1945.

No. They were taken from different camera positions.

No. That requires additional evidence.

The battle devastated a central site of Okinawan cultural history.

Ships had to remain nearby to land, supply, protect, and support the troops.

A ship stationed away from the main force to provide warning and assist interception.

They were often among the first ships incoming aircraft encountered.

Mass Japanese special air attacks against the Okinawa force.

Early April 1945.

American carrier aircraft sank her on 7 April before she could reach Okinawa.

16 April 1945.

11 May 1945.

Damage-control parties containing fires, flooding, and other damage.

Yes. The British Pacific Fleet struck supporting Japanese airfields, notably in the Sakishima Islands.

Open the companion Kamikaze collection linked in this exhibit.

Forward troops needed supplies even when roads could no longer support normal traffic.

Widening, surfacing, repair, bridge work, and vehicle recovery.

Coral and limestone were among the materials used.

The 302d Combat Engineers, identified in the Army history’s caption.

No. Airfields and supporting installations developed during the campaign.

They crossed the same exposed or shelled terrain as the troops they evacuated.

Through aid stations and hospitals, with evacuation to ships or by aircraft as appropriate.

A Navy corpsman serving with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division.

10 May 1945, while protecting a wounded Marine.

He was born in Canton and studied at Davidson College before his military service.

A name associated with the overwhelming bombardment and destruction of the Okinawa campaign.

No. Caves could provide shelter or become traps and military targets.

Bombardment, killings, coercion, hunger, flight, and family loss, with circumstances varying by place.

Students mobilized with their teachers for medical service during the battle.

The Himeyuri museum records 222 students and 18 teachers.

The museum identifies 136 deaths among the mobilized group.

It also commemorates other students and teachers beyond the mobilized group.

They gathered displaced residents and organized registration, relief, and medical services under occupation.

No. Read them alongside survivor testimony and civilian records.

Sources vary in scope, definitions, inclusion of locally mobilized personnel, and evidence.

Near Mabuni and Hill 89 on the southern coast.

Oroku Peninsula.

18 June 1945.

Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger.

21 June, followed by a flag ceremony on 22 June; isolated fighting continued.

It is the prefecture’s day of remembrance associated with the battle’s end and the Japanese command’s deaths.

Clearing operations continued, and that date marks an American operational endpoint.

Different periods and categories can produce misleading totals if mixed.

Okinawa reverted from U.S. administration to Japan.

No. Its influence on invasion expectations must be considered alongside the wider evidence about the war’s end.