Yahoo

77 years ago, the US's largest invasion in the Pacific may have prevented an even bigger fight with the Japanese

In spring 1945, the US island-hopping campaign was drawing closer to the Japanese mainland. US commanders were thinking about an invasion of Japanese itself, and invading Okinawa was seen as a prelude ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Local veteran shares life lessons after surviving D-Day, invasion of Okinawa

He was there at the start of D-Day, the biggest military invasion of all time. And he was there at the start of the invasion of Okinawa, the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II.
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7ID and Operation Iceberg: It All Began With the Invasion of Okinawa on April 1, 1945

Few units hold the distinction to have fought an enemy of the United States on U.S. soil. The 7th Infantry Division is one of those few. During World War II, the United States experienced something ...
Lehigh Valley Live

Local U.S. Marines will meet on anniversary of Okinawa invasion

The Northampton County Detachment No. 298 Marine Corps League will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 1, at 1621 Lehigh Street in Easton. The meeting date, April 1, is the anniversary of the invasion of ...