[2ndDivisionVet]

My father helped take Okinawa. Anyone know how many we lost on that island?

[montag813]

My father helped take Okinawa. Anyone know how many we lost on that island?

12,513 dead or missing in 11 weeks of combat.

And idiots like Mike Barnicle has the gall to call the Iraq War the "worst military disaster in American history". Despicable.

If your Dad is still around, please thank him for me.

[Verginius Rufus]

According to James H. Hallas, Killing Ground on Okinawa: The Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill (Praeger, 1996), US ground forces lost 7,613 killed or missing during the Okinawa campaign (82 days), along with 31,312 wounded and 26,211 "other" casualties; the US Navy lost 4,320 killed and 7,312 wounded. The Sixth Marine Division lost 8,227 killed or wounded (including over 2,000 in the seven days it took to take Sugar Loaf Hill).