Home Battle of Okinawa – (Report) – (April 1945) – 96th Infantry Division Lieutenant Colonel R.P. Ross, Jr., of Frederick, Md., plants the American flag on one of the remaining ramparts of ancient Shuri castle on Okinawa

Lieutenant Colonel R.P. Ross, Jr., of Frederick, Md., plants the American flag on one of the remaining ramparts of ancient Shuri castle on Okinawa

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U.S. Marines battling for control of a ridge near Naha, Okinawa, May 1945