Horror of war on Okinawa

3rd April 1945: The grim reality of the Japanese decision to fight to the death becomes apparent in an underground hospital

Tank-borne infantry moving up to take the town of Ghuta before the Japanese can occupy it. The men are members of the 29th Marines. Okinawa, 1st April, 1945.

On Okinawa it did not take long before the fighting erupted following the suspiciously quiet landings. The Japanese had already started to suffer casualties from the intense US naval and aerial bomb…