Rising sun sinking : the battle for Okinawa
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Rising sun sinking : the battle for Okinawa
Eakin Press, c 2000
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Sixth Marine reconnaissance company
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references(p.279-280) and index
Contents of Works
- Forword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Operation iceberg
- 2. The Landing
- 3. Invasion
- 4. Japanese defense
- 5. Offensive tactical plan
- 6. Recon mechanizes patrols
- 7. Kamikazes
- 8. Sinking the Yamato
- 9. Tactical plan to sever island
- 10. Race North to Nago
- 11. Battle for Motobu
- 12. Enemy isolates recon
- 13. Capture of Ie shima
- 14. Planes, rains, and Kouri
- 15. Kamikazes, Kakazu, and the army
- 16. Recon guards seabees
- 17. Japanese countrattack
- 18. Mrines join Shuri battleline
- 19. Recon crosses the Asa Kawa
- 20. Shuri, Naha, Yonabaru line cracked
- 21. Recon guards the Right Flank
- 22. The Japanese retreat
- 23. Recon goes to sugar loaf hill
- 24. Recon occupies Naha
- 25. The Bank Robbers
- 26. Recon conquers Ona Yama
- 27. Oroku night patrol
- 28. Marines Take Oroku
- 29. Recon invades Senaga shima
- 30. Battle ends, Ushijima dies
- 31. Guam and the atomic bomb
- 32. Tsingtao, China
- 33. Coming home
- Bibliography