Home 6th Marine Division (Baker 29) Okinawa – April 1945 A Soldier of the US Marine Corpd sit on a US 400-MM (+-) dud and sand out of his shoe. 1945

A Soldier of the US Marine Corpd sit on a US 400-MM (+-) dud and sand out of his shoe. 1945

This former airfield was built by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1944 under the name ‘Kita airfield’. It was captured by U.S. forces on 1 April 1945-(scaled-ehenced-eucmh)
April 1, 1945, 1st Armored Amphibious Battalion heading to the beach in Okinawa-(scaled)
European Center of Military History (EUCMH)