Page Thirty-Six, Scrapbook, 1942-1945

Page Thirty-Six, Scrapbook, 1942-1945

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns & battles--Americans--Japan.

World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations, American

World War, 1939-1945--Photography.

Page thirty-six, group of photos captioned, “Our forces landed on Okinawa at dawn on Sunday, April 1st, 1945. The operation was accomplished smoothly and with only slight resistance from the Japanese but four days later the Kanirkazes came over and we were ordered back to Saipan, leaving the Marines on shore. The fighting on Okinawa became progressively more severe until it became known as the worst in the Pacific. The island was not secured until June 21, 1945.

These pictures were taken on a later visit. The damage to shipping was caused by a typhoon. The skulls being examined by Cmdr. Midgett, Dr. White and myself were found in one of the numerous burial caves on the island."

Fisher, James Lee

1942-1945

The James Lee and Ethel M. Fisher Family Archives, AV2021.4

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Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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10 x 12 inches