Two months later, Japan surrendered, ending World War II. These facts earned the battle its nickname of Typhoon of Steel. The Japanese soldiers suffered approximately 70,000 casualties and 150,000 Japanese civilians died or committed suicide. service members were killed or missing and 38,000 wounded.
The entire campaign to secure Okinawa lasted 82 days. Army and two Marine divisions landed on the beach with the support of U.S. “This operation was the prelude to going to Tokyo.”įour divisions of the U.S.
“Okinawa, in important ways, was both the most significant and costliest of the American island battles and victories in the Pacific,” Cassidy said. On April 1, 1945, allied forces invaded the island of Okinawa and combated the Japanese in one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific theater. “Unfortunately, a lot of them didn’t make it.” “It’s in honor of all the Navy, Marines and all the people, who participated in the operation. “It’s an honor for me to put the reef on the memorial because today is the start of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa,” said Cassidy, a Navy veteran, who served during World War II. Army Band, also known as Pershing’s Own, bugler, played Taps for the veterans and the crowd Riffe, John ‘Jack’ Cassidy and Josiah Bunting III, placed a wreath in honor of the service members, who fought in the battle during the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, April 1, 2015.Īfter the wreath was laid, Staff Sgt. Right below these powerful words on the monument, three World War II veterans, James L. The skies no longer rain death – the seas bear only commerce – men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. Douglas MacArthur, who was commander of the United States Army Forces in the Far East in 1941. WASHINGTON - Carved into the stone of the Pacific Arch at the World War II Memorial in Washington is a quote from Gen.
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