Home 382/96-ID Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru Line (Okinawa) May 1945 A 37mm anti-tank gun prepares to fire point-blank at a Japanese pillbox on Conical Hill on Okinawa. The 383rd Infantry Regiment of the Army's 96th Infantry Division found this small weapon effective.

A 37mm anti-tank gun prepares to fire point-blank at a Japanese pillbox on Conical Hill on Okinawa. The 383rd Infantry Regiment of the Army’s 96th Infantry Division found this small weapon effective.

Okinawa 1945
U.S. Coast Guard correspondent Victor Hayden lighting a cigarette for an Okinawan peasant woman
European Center of Military History (EUCMH)