To move around faster men hoped on to tanks to get through rough terrain and to move faster as a unit

The us bombarded the islands from the sea to give the men on the ground an easier time

To win the Americans needed to use their dominating air power

This is just a small portion of the forces the were a part of the invasion

The only known color picture from the battle and it's of our men in the trenches

Most soilders despised warfare but for their country they fought On and pushed through

It was slow moving through the jungle with tanks included

Not all of Okinawa was fought in the jungle there were many towns on the island that were controlled by the Japanese

War can call for us to do things that we normally wouldn't want to do

It was very humid in the island jungles and they held more danger than just wildlife