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...r their cargoes at [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]]. During her 17 days at the [[Battle of Okinawa]], the ship faced more than 100 air raids by [[kamikaze]]. All ammunition w

...ly led up to the final big assault landing of the war in the Pacific—the [[Battle of Okinawa|invasion of Okinawa]] in the [[Ryukyus]].

On [[Easter Sunday]], 1 April 1945, American forces started [[Battle of Okinawa|going ashore at Okinawa]], beginning the long and bloody battle for that is

...re of [[Saipan]] and, later, for an offensive in the [[Okinawa. battle of |battle of Okinawa]].<ref>Herbert Bix, "Emperor Hirohito's war," ''History Today,'' (Dec 1991)

{{seealso|Battle of Okinawa}}

...before the start of the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] and six weeks before the [[Battle of Okinawa]], [[Hirohito]] met with former Lord Privy Seal [[Nobuaki Makino]], and si

At the Battle of Okinawa, destroyers formed radar picket lines on the axis of approach of Japanese a