RMCNY9X2–American military Kadena airbase, Okinawa, Japan.
RM2K6428X–Vintage photograph World War II - American marine 155 howitzer gun shelling Jaapanese on Okinawa
RMEGTTRA–Marine fires on a Japanese position using an M1 Thompson submachine gun during an advance on Okinawa in 1945
RM2BN0GYX–[ 1945 Japan - Japanese Surrender WWII ] — Japanese emissaries en route to Manila to meet with General Douglas MacArthur's staff to work out the details of Japan's surrender marking the end of WWII are briefed by American commanders on the US held island of Iejima in Okinawa Prefecture shortly after noon on August 19, 1945 (Showa 20). The delegation of 16 military and civilian representatives had arrived on two specially-marked Japanese Mitsubishi G4M 'Betty' bombers. 20th century gelatin silver print.
RMTA298A–American Marines landing on a Pacific Island occupied by Japan, 1945 (b/w photo)
RME0WDX9–Jun. 20, 1962 - American-trained Guerrillas in Laos.: With the coalition Government for Laos and peace in sight, a note of alarm has been sounded by the leader are scattered through territory - otherwise occupied by Communist Pathet Lao forces, and who are armed by the Americans to carry on guerrilla war. In addition, the Royal Laotian Army continues to be trained by a cadre of officers and NCOs from Okinawa-based 1st Special Forces Group, U.S. Army
RM2D5JNBW–American soldiers under the cover of the M4 “Sherman” flamethrower tank from the 713-th flamethrower tank battalion of the Marine Corps attack the Jap
RMER99FD–A US Army Special Forces commando with the 1st Special Forces Group performs a high altitude, high opening parachute jump as the island of Okinawa looms below May 28, 2015 over Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan.
RFBHWC2B–Japanese and American flags flying together in Okinawa, Japan
RM2BD69GY–U.S. Marine Corps LCpl. Michael Ottinger wears a homemade face covering for protection against the COVID-19, coronavirus pandemic at Camp Foster April 7, 2020 in Okinawa, Japan. The CDC has recommended all military personnel to wear a face covering while outside their residence to stop the spread.
RME1CDE4–A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter carrying Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus flies by Mihama American Village in Okinawa, Japan, Aug.
RM2HX66M0–Bow Sheared Off By Suicide Attacks -- Twisted and jagged steel was all that was left of the bow and forward hull section of the USS Lindsey, after ship was hit by twin suicide plane attacks while operating near Mae Shima off Okinawa. Explosion of forward Magazine added to the destruction that did everything but send the courageous vessel to the bottom. Fifty men were killed and 57 wounded in action which occurred on April 12, 1945. July 9, 1945. (Photo by ACME).
RMH5MN4G–A colorized view of the steam yacht "Lyndonia." Mount Battie with a tower can be seen in the background. Houses are also visible--this stretch is likely Sherman's Cove. The Lyndonia belonged to Cyrus H.K. Curtis and was built in 1920 by the Consolidated Ship Company of Morris Heights, New York. In 1940, she was sold to Pan American Airways. Her name was changed to M.V. Southern Seas. The U.S. Army purchased her in 1941 for use as a quarters ship, and she was officially rechristened the U.S.S. Southern Seas in 1942. She sank off of Okinawa during Typhoon Louise in October 1945.
RM2HX66M1–Survived Seven Hap suicide plane attacks attacked by seven suicide planes and hit by four, the destroyer USS Newcomb, her stern blazing and her steam and electric power gone, Nevertheless refused to sink and is shown here at a port where she will be repaired. Aided by another destroyer, USS Leutze, which was damaged by one of the seven planes, she was towed away from Okinawa. The scene of the battle, for repairs, this view shows the gaping hole left by a plane which crashed into the after firero
RM2C98FJJ–Units of the US 15th Regiment, 6th Marines Division, enter Naha, capital of Okinawa through a torii, a traditional Japanese gate as the war in the Pacific draws to a close in 1945.
RM2HX66NM–Shakes Off Twin Suicide Attack Okinawa -- Twice hit by suicide planes in action near Mae Shima off Okinawa on April 12, 1945, the minelayer USS Lindsey stayed afloat despite loss of more than 60 feet of bow and forward hull section. With front half of ship twisted beyond recognition, the Lindsey plows her way through the water shortly after attack fifty men were killed and 57 wounded in twin attacks. July 9, 1945. (Photo by ACME).
RF2BN4C79–Naha, Okinawa / Japan - February 26, 2018: Neon sign advertising Okinawan food and bar in Naha, Okinawa, Japan
RM2HX66KX–Suicide In Vain -- After the Jap plane hit, sailors rush across the flight deck with fire-fighting equipment to extinguish the blaze. Using one of its last resorts to stop the advance of the British and Americans, Japan sent pilots out on suicide missions during the recent Okinawa campaign. This British Pacific fleet carrier was the victim of a crash-diving Jap suicide plane during recent operations off the 'Sakishima Islands, a few hundred miles from the Japanese Mainland, when the British were
RM2BRHRFD–Vintage photograph World War II - Japanese navy officer surrenders to American soldiers on Okinawa
RMCNY9WY–American military Kadena airbase, Okinawa, Japan
RM2K6424A–Vintage photograph World War II - Japanese navy officer surrenders to American soldiers on Okinawa
RM2HX66N4–Strike Three - And Still She Floats -- Three times a victim of vicious enemy attack, the valiant light cruiser USS Birmingham 18 back at sea - still afloat inspite of her deep battle riddled like a sleve when the USS Princeton blew up alongside her, the Birmingham suffered her most serious blow off Okinawa on May 4, 1945. Zooming out of the sun in a steep dive, a Kamikaze plane and its 500-pound bomb crashed just aft of the ships' number 2 turret. Forty-five men were killed, six were missing, an
RMA29RJ2–American Harley Davidson Rider at Okinawa City Gate 2 Festival
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RMH2YEKN–RELEASE DATE: November 4, 2016 TITLE: Hacksaw Ridge STUDIO: Lionsgate DIRECTOR: Mel Gibson PLOT: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor STARRING: Poster Art (Credit Image: c Lionsgate/Entertainment Pictures/)
RM2CC4B1D–Aviation maintenance of American Vought F4U-1 Corsair and Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft from the aircraft group of the Essex aircraft carrier (CVG-83
RM2AMXCWE–The Cornerstone of Peace, monument in Itoman, Japan commemorating the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, with the names of over 240,000 dead people
RM2TA29H0–Members of the First Battalion, 9th Marines Regiment were honored by Vietnamese Army Officers with gifts before their departure to Okinawa on July 14, 1969. Assistant Secretary of the Navy John Warner, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale were also present at the ceremony.
RM2BD69GW–U.S. Marine Corps LCpl. Michael Ottinger wears a homemade face covering for protection against the COVID-19, coronavirus pandemic at Camp Foster April 7, 2020 in Okinawa, Japan. The CDC has recommended all military personnel to wear a face covering while outside their residence to stop the spread.
RM2H0B8AC–U.S. Army soldiers with 10th Support Group look for trash during an American Village cleanup in Mihama, Okinawa, Japan Jan. 16, 2021. The Single Marine Program aboard Camp Foster hosted the cleanup which aimed to allow the service member volunteers to give back to the people of Okinawa and to strengthen relations between them and the U.S. military.
RM2GH2EYX–Camp Foster, Japan. 03rd Sep, 2021. A U.S. Marine mourns during a memorial service for the 13 service members killed during the evacuation of Kabul at Camp Foster September 2, 2021 in Okinawa, Japan. Credit: Cpl. Brennan Beauton/US Marines Photo/Alamy Live News
RM2MDWT1J–Native Peasants on Ie Shima Come Over to Americans. Out of the thickets on Ie Shima comes a family of Jap peasants to beg food and medicine from veterans of the American 10th Army. A Coast Guard combat photographer came upon these first civilians to come through the American lines in the assault upon the strategic isle of Ie, close by the coast of Okinawa.
RFHM85ND–View of #4 90mm AAA gun emplacement with crew in pit. 'D' Battery, 98th AAA Gun Bn., 137th AAA Gp. Okinawa, July 18, 1945. Hendrickson. (Army) NARA FILE #: 111-SC-211476 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1225
RM2B030K1–The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War.The 82-day-long battle lasted from 1 April until 22 June 1945. The Battle of Okinawa was remarkable for the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of kamikaze attacks from the Japanese defenders, and the great number of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island. The battle was one of the bloodiest in the Pacific.
RMEG6N7G–90mm anti-aircraft gun emplacement with crew in pit on Okinawa, July 18, 1945. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 10 155)
RMP552X9–Marlow Townes, left, and Karen Flores pose for a photo during the American Women’s Welfare Association Annual Friendship Social May 10 on Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan. The AWWA is made up of five spouse clubs on Okinawa: the Kadena Officers’ Spouses’ Club, the Naval Officers’ Spouses’ Club on Okinawa, the Army Community Group of Okinawa, the Okinawa Enlisted Spouses’ Club, and the Marine Officers’ Spouses’ Club Okinawa. Townes is the AWWA president. For 45 years, AWWA has been fostering the relationship with the community of Okinawa through charitable donations, friendship and community invol
RFW4CD4Y–Motorized vehicles lined up at a US military base on the island of Okinawa
RM2BRHRMN–Vintage photograph World War II - American marine 155 howitzer gun shelling Japanese on Okinawa
RMCNY9WR–American military Kadena airbase, Okinawa, Japan
RMJE8022–June 23, 2017 - Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Hiroji Yamashiro, Chairman Okinawa Peace Movement gives a response to questions during a press conference at The Foreign Correspondent Club Of Japan ( FCCJ ) in Tokyo. In March, Japanese police released Hiroji Yamashiro, a retired civil servant, after 152 days in detention. His initial arrest was for damaging a wire fence around an American military base; he was subsequently charged with other offenses. For years, Yamashiro (65) was the jovial ringleader of protests against the heavy US military footprint on Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture. Yamash
RM2HX66N2–Strike Three -- And Still She Floats! -- Three times a victim of vicious enemy attack, the valiant USS Birmingham is back at sea -- still afloat in spite of her dep battle scars. First slashed by a Torpedo in 1943, Later riddled like a sleve when the USS Princeton blew up alongside her, The Birmingham suffered her most serious blow off Okinawa on May 4, 1945. Zooming out of the sun in a sttep dive, a Jap Kamikaze and its 500-pound bomb crashed just aft of the Birmingham's number 2 Turret. Forty-
RMA29RKD–American Harley Davidson Rider at Okinawa City Gate 2 Festival
RM2T69HAD–The American landing fleet off Okinawa. [automated translation]
RM2JJY693–Okinawa Invasion: Rockets from an American LCI (landing craft, infantry) stream toward Okinawa, in the Japanese Ryukyus, just before U.S. 10th Army forces invaded the strategic island on March 31, 1945. By April 8, U.S. forces controlled a third of the island, and by the end of May the island was taken and superforts were using Okinawa airstrips to bomb Japan. August 20, 1945.
RMH2YEKK–RELEASE DATE: November 4, 2016 TITLE: Hacksaw Ridge STUDIO: Lionsgate DIRECTOR: Mel Gibson PLOT: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor STARRING: Poster Art (Credit Image: c Lionsgate/Entertainment Pictures/)
RM2JJY69E–Flame-Throwing Tank Burns Out Hiding Japs: An American soldier (Foreground) holds his rifle ready as he waits to move up while a flame-throwing tank of the U.S. Army 96th infantry division burns out Japs hiding in holes along a sunken road on bitterly contested 'Big Apple' ridge of southern Okinawa. June 21, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
RMH7GBAP–RELEASE DATE: November 4, 2016 TITLE: Hacksaw Ridge STUDIO: Lionsgate DIRECTOR: Mel Gibson PLOT: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor STARRING: Andrew Garfield as Desmond T. Doss (Credit Image: c Lionsgate/Entertainment Pictures/)
RM2JJY6BX–Medical Attention For Japanese Child: Medical ***** of Tenth Army work on the toe of a small Japanese boy who was injured ***** during the American invasion of the Japanese Ryukyu island of Okinawa. American force invaded the island April 1. ***** : Japanese boy on Ryukyu Island has an injured ***** treated by kindly US Army Medical Corps men. The boy had been hurt during the American invasion. April 24, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
RM2AMXD0R–The Cornerstone of Peace, monument in Itoman, Japan commemorating the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, with the names of over 240,000 dead people
RM2GH2F00–Camp Foster, Japan. 03rd Sep, 2021. A U.S. Marine mourns during a memorial service for the 13 service members killed during the evacuation of Kabul at Camp Foster September 2, 2021 in Okinawa, Japan. Credit: Cpl. Brennan Beauton/US Marines Photo/Alamy Live News
RM2JJY699–Okinawa City of Naha Lies In Ruins: Okinawa's city of Haha, largest city (pop, 65,000) in the entire Ryukyu Island chain of which Okinawa isapart and capital of the prefectural government, lies in ruins, the result of continuous air attacks as U.S. Tenth Army troops advance toward the city against still Japanese resistance. American troops have already taken part of the island stronghold including enemy airfields which are serving as bases for U.S. Airforce planes. This airview was taken on April 29th. 179. May 23, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).
RM2TA2DKD–Caption: Helicopter UH-1 crash from HMI-164 captured on May 16, 1972, aboard the USS Okinawa off the coast of Vietnam. This photograph, taken from the flight deck of the USS Okinawa, shows the aftermath of the HUE-1 crash during American military activities in the Vietnam War. (Photographer: GySgt R.A. Rees, Defense Department Photo A142282)
RM2MDWP9H–Photograph of 10th Army Troops Moving Through Ie Shima Jungle. Hunting Japs in Ie Shima Jungle. Troops of the American 10th Army are snapped by a Coast Guard combat photographer as they stalk cautiously through the undergrowth on Ie Shima, strategic island near Okinawa. Their goal is a well constructed air strip, which was bitterly defended by the Japs. It ultimately fell to these veterans of the 10th.
RM2H0B8AJ–A U.S. Army soldier with 10th Support Group picks out sanitation gloves from the box before participating in an American Village cleanup in Mihama, Okinawa, Japan Jan. 16, 2021. The Single Marine Program aboard Camp Foster hosted the cleanup which aimed to allow the service member volunteers to give back to the people of Okinawa and to strengthen relations between them and the U.S. military.
RM2MDTNWF–Okinawa Reverie. American fighting men are a curious collection of this and that. They're hell-for-leather scrappers, as the Japs must grudgingly attest, and they're the kind of stuff of which dreams are made. This sign, hammered to a stake on Naha, was encountered by a Coast Guard combat photographer, who trudged inland with the Marines and Army men securing the island of Okinawa. Said the beavered, grimy men responsible for this bit of wishful thinking: 'I can dream, can't I?'.
RM2HX5GGY–Japanese Bomber Hit By U.S. Anti-Aircraft Fire off Ryukyus (Loochoos) -- A blazing Japanese dive bomber, trailing a plume of smoke plunges toward the sea after being hit by anti-aircraft fire from a U.S. carrier off the Ryukyu (Loochoo) Islands March 18, 1945. A heavy air and naval bombardment of the islands preceded U.S. Tenth Army landings on Okinawa, main island in the Ryukyu group, on March 31. One day later the American troops had advanced three miles (4.8 kms) inland and captured the Yontan and Katena airfields. Okinawa is 363 miles (579 kms.) from the Japanese home islands. It is the
RM2MEMTMM–American Sea Power Crashes Into the Ryukyus. In the shadow of a rocky hump similar to volcanic Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, American forces carve out a beachhead on the island of Geruma Shima on the southerly fringe of the Ryukyus. Coast Guard-manned and Navy LSTs and Army amtracs pile ashore carrying hardened invasion veterans of the 77th division. The Geruma Shima operation preceded by a few days the assault upon Okinawa, only 325 miles from the main Japanese island of Kyushu. This picture is an excerpt from a U.S. Coast Guard movie film flown back to this country from the Ryukyus.
RMCNY9WW–American military Kadena airbase, Okinawa, Japan
RFHM85NM–Pfc. Troy Dixon, Leadhill, Ark., uses a Japanese barber chair to cut the hair of Sgt. John Anderson, Anita, Pa. Both men are members of the 363rd F.A. Bn., located near Shuri, Okinawa, June 10, 1945. Hendrickson. (Army) NARA FILE #: 111-SC-208582 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 928
RM2B030JW–The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War.The 82-day-long battle lasted from 1 April until 22 June 1945. The Battle of Okinawa was remarkable for the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of kamikaze attacks from the Japanese defenders, and the great number of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island. The battle was one of the bloodiest in the Pacific.
RMA29RJ7–American and Japanese Harley Davidson Riders at Okinawa City Gate 2 Festival
RM2T69FW4–American infantrymen with a bazooka on Okinawa. [automated translation]
RMHEPCMG–Army Command Sgt. Maj. Eric C. Dostie (left), command sergeant major, U.S. Army Japan and I Corps (Forward), speaks with Army Staff Sgt. Jose M. Rivera (right), Guayanda, Puerto Rico, native serving as a Patriot fire control enhanced operator/maintainer for 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, May 8, 2015, at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Since 2006, the 1-1 ADA (Patriot) 'Snake Eyes' Battalion has provided short- and long-range air defense support for thousands of American and allied service members stationed on the island of Okinawa thanks to the Army's advan
RM2T69F5C–American troops on the landing beach in Okinawa. [automated translation]
RMJE8027–Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 23rd June, 2017. Hiroji Yamashiro, Chairman Okinawa Peace Movement gives a speech during a press conference at The Foreign Correspondent Club Of Japan (FCCJ) in Tokyo. In March, Japanese police released Hiroji Yamashiro, a retired civil servant, after 152 days in detention. His initial arrest was for damaging a wire fence around an American military base; he was subsequently charged with other offenses. For years, Yamashiro (65) was the jovial ringleader of protests against the heavy US military footprint on Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture. Yamashiro is currently
RM2T69FP2–American infantrymen among Sherman tanks on Okinawa. [automated translation]
RMH7GBB6–RELEASE DATE: November 4, 2016 TITLE: Hacksaw Ridge STUDIO: Lionsgate DIRECTOR: Mel Gibson PLOT: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor STARRING: Andrew Garfield as Desmond T. Doss (Credit Image: c Lionsgate/Entertainment Pictures/)
RMHF161W–Chris Majewski greets members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Feb. 22 at the Battle of Okinawa historical display on Camp Kinser. The JGSDF members were given a guided tour of the display by Majewski, who took them through the history of both the Japanese and American sides of the battle. Majewski is the director of the Battle of Okinawa historical display. The JGSDF members are with the 15th Brigade, Western Army. JGSDF members visit Battle of Okinawa historical display 130222-M-GX379-001
RM2GH2EYW–Camp Foster, Japan. 03rd Sep, 2021. U.S. Marines with the 3rd Transportation Battalion, hold an early morning memorial run 13 miles in memory of the 13 service members killed during operations at Hamid Karzai International Airport September 3, 2021 at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. Credit: Cpl. Moises Rodriguez/US Marines Photo/Alamy Live News
RMHF2EF7–Army Sgt. Kyle White, Medal of Honor recipient, left, shakes hands with Cpl. Ricardo Gonzalez during the American Legion’s 96th National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 26, 2014. Gonzalez was awarded the Spirit of Service Award for his exceptional contributions to his local community through volunteer efforts off-duty. Gonzalez is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force planning specialist with 4th Marine Regiment at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. Marine awarded American Legion Spirit of Service Award 140826-M-SR938-223
RMD9A75P–A US Marine scout swimmer commando provides security during an amphibious raid exercise June 8, 2013 in Okinawa, Japan.
RM2TA2J80–Army Lieutenant Colonel N. Thompson, G-3 First Regional Assistance Command, seen here on September 7, 1972, briefs representatives from the 9th Marine 1 Amphibious Brigades and the Navy's Command Task Force 76 at Huong Dien, Headquarters of the Vietnamese Marine Corps, at Camp Butler in Okinawa.
RMCATH05–A US Marine crawls through a watery ditch and under concertina wire during the Jungle Endurance Course April 20, 2012 in Okinawa, Japan.
RMJ6FCBM–Marlow Townes, left, and Karen Flores pose for a photo during the American Women’s Welfare Association Annual Friendship Social May 10 on Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan. The AWWA is made up of five spouse clubs on Okinawa: the Kadena Officers’ Spouses’ Club, the Naval Officers’ Spouses’ Club on Okinawa, the Army Community Group of Okinawa, the Okinawa Enlisted Spouses’ Club, and the Marine Officers’ Spouses’ Club Okinawa. Townes is the AWWA president. For 45 years, AWWA has been fostering the relationship with the community of Okinawa through charitable donations, friendship and community invol
RM2BWWTFR–U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, patrol through water during a Marine Corps Combat Diving Supervisors Course at Camp Schwab May 20, 2020 in Okinawa, Japan,.
RM2ME59D1–Amtracs Hit the Shore of Geruma Shima. Into a Glassy cove under steep, black cliffs, army amtracs from Coast Guard-manned LSTs strike the shore of Geruma Shima in the Ryukyus. On this island 17 miles from Okinawa, soldiers of the 77th division found feeble resistance, after fleet guns had poured shells into the hills and ridges. The Geruma Shima action -- one of eight in the Kerama Retto group -- preceded the major invasion of Okinawa by a few days, as the huge American task force carried the attack close to Japan's home islands. This picture is an excerpt from a U.S. Coast Guard movie film fl
RMCNY9XF–Futenma, Marine Corps Army Services base , Okinawa Island, Japan.
RFHM85PR–A tank sunk in 5 feet of water waits for towing equipment. The Tank Commander gives vent to his feelings with a string of unprintable phraseology, while his driver uses a helmet to bale out the interior. Okinawa, May 1945. Alexander Roberts. (Army) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 111-SC-209070 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1234
RMF3HG04–U.S. Air Force special forces rescue commandos jump from a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter into the ocean during amphibious training called helo-casting October 7, 2015 in Okinawa, Japan. 320th STS Airmen execute amphibious training
RMA29RH7–American Harley Davidson Rider and daughter at Okinawa City Gate 2 Festival
RMHF2EF8–Dan Dellinger, left, Cpl. Ricardo Gonzalez, center, and Army Sgt. Kyle White, stand together during the American Legion’s 96th National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 26, 2014. Gonzalez was awarded the Spirit of Service Award for his exceptional contributions to his local community through volunteer efforts off-duty. Dellinger is the American Legion national commander, Gonzalez is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force planning specialist with 4th Marine Regiment at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, and White is the 7th living Medal of Honor recipient. Marine awarded American Legion Spirit of Service
RMD6HNCW–A USMC KC-130J Hercules aircraft lands on Tinian Island the first aircraft to land there since 1947 during Exercise Geiger Fury May 30, 2012 in Okinawa, Japan.
RMKWB77T–90mm anti-aircraft gun emplacement with crew in pit on Okinawa, July 18, 1945. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 10 155)
RMJE8024–June 23, 2017 - Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Hiroji Yamashiro, Chairman Okinawa Peace Movement gives a response to questions during a press conference at The Foreign Correspondent Club Of Japan ( FCCJ ) in Tokyo. In March, Japanese police released Hiroji Yamashiro, a retired civil servant, after 152 days in detention. His initial arrest was for damaging a wire fence around an American military base; he was subsequently charged with other offenses. For years, Yamashiro (65) was the jovial ringleader of protests against the heavy US military footprint on Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture. Yamash
RM2T698N5–Artillery fire from American naval guns on Okinawa. [automated translation]
RMH7GBB7–RELEASE DATE: November 4, 2016 TITLE: Hacksaw Ridge STUDIO: Lionsgate DIRECTOR: Mel Gibson PLOT: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor STARRING: Andrew Garfield as Desmond T. Doss (Credit Image: c Lionsgate/Entertainment Pictures/)
RME1HRNN–U.S. Navy Corpsman Leigh Prevatte, U.S. Armed Services Blood Bank corpsman, gets ready to draw blood from U. S. Air Force 1st L
RME1CTEG–Two U.S. soldiers to throw grenades into Japanese held caves on Okinawa Island, May 16, 1945. Soldiers are with the 27th
RMP552XK–Kimiyo Taira, left, gives a gift to Marlow Townes during the American Women’s Welfare Association’s Annual Friendship Social May 10 at Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan. Taira is of an organization for a single parent program in Okinawa. Townes is the president of the AWWA and has been volunteering since 2014.
RFACJBMB–Radar installation in Okinawa
RM2TA2F3T–Marines from the Second Battalion, Fourth Marines are seen wearing gas masks during Operation Saline II on March 12, 1968. They are preparing for an assault on a North Vietnamese Army stronghold in Quang Tri Province during the Vietnam War. This photograph captures one aspect of the Marines' combat preparations to counter potential gas attacks during the operation.
RMKWB8YX–90mm anti-aircraft gun emplacement with crew in pit on Okinawa, July 18, 1945. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 10 155)
RMJFDAR2–Lt. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson speaks to a group of approximately 30 Japanese students at the Japan-America Student Conference June 30, 2017, at III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters, Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. The Japan-America Student Conference is an educational and cultural exchange program for university students. Nicholson spoke with the students to discuss the purpose of military presence in Okinawa, the Japan-American alliance and Japan's continuing partnership with the United States. Nicholson is the III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general and the Okinawa Area Coor
RM2GH2JNT–Quantico, United States. 02nd Sep, 2021. U.S. Marines and family members light candles during a vigil in memory of the 13 service members killed during evacuation of Kabul at the Marine Memorial Chapel September 2, 2021 at Quantico, Virginia, USA. Credit: LCpl. Joseph Cooper/US Marines Photo/Alamy Live News
RMG5465X–OCCUPATION OF JAPAN : 1945
RMCNY9X5–Futenma, Marine Corps Army Services base, Okinawa Island, Japan.
RMA29RJE–Harley Davidson Bike at Okinawa City Gate 2 Festival
RMKWB6FF–Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner in a cockpit of an airplane, ca. 1942-45. He was the highest ranking U.S. officer killed in action in World War 2, during the Battle of Okinawa. (BSLOC 2014 8 138)
RMJE800R–Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 23rd June, 2017. Hiroji Yamashiro, Chairman Okinawa Peace Movement gives a speech during a press conference at The Foreign Correspondent Club Of Japan (FCCJ) in Tokyo. In March, Japanese police released Hiroji Yamashiro, a retired civil servant, after 152 days in detention. His initial arrest was for damaging a wire fence around an American military base; he was subsequently charged with other offenses. For years, Yamashiro (65) was the jovial ringleader of protests against the heavy US military footprint on Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture. Yamashiro is currently
RM2T695GJ–American soldiers with a machine gun and an artillery observer on Okinawa. [automated translation]
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