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1,330 Battle Of Okinawa Stock Photos & High-Res Pictures

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Marines of the 1st Division wait on the crest of a hill in southern Okinawa, as they watch phosphorous shells explode over Japanese soldiers dug into...

Phosphorous Attack

Landing craft arrive on Okinawa 13 days into the American invasion. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945.

Japan/USA: US landing craft arrive on Okinawa 13 days into the American invasion. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945

Okinawa, Japan: Eleven Okinawa civilians who were huddled in this hillside cave were rescued when a passing Marine patrol heard a baby crying. After...

U.S. Soldier Helping Okinawan Civilians

Tank-borne US infantry moving up to take the town of Ghuta. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945.

Japan/USA: Tank-borne US infantry moving up to take the town of Ghuta. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945

Demolition crew from the 6th Marine Division destroy a Japanese bunker with explosives. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945.

Japan/USA: A demolition crew from the 6th Marine Division destroy a Japanese bunker with explosives. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945

Rear view Sherman flamethrower in action. M4A3R3 Zippo: Sherman tank during the Battle of Okinawa . GI crouched alongside, Japan.

Rear view Sherman flamethrower in action M4A3R3 Zippo: Sherman tank during the Battle of Okinawa (1945) GI crouched alongside

American Marines advance on trapped Japanese soldiers bombed during the Battle for Okinawa.

Battle For Okinawa

Marine Paul E. Ison charges across 'Death Valley' on April 1, 1945. Battle of Okinawa.

Japan/USA: Marine Paul E. Ison charges across 'Death Valley' on April 1, 1945. Battle of Okinawa

Marine charges forward through Japanese machine gun fire on Okinawa. Marines and infantry of the U.S. 10th Army controlled three-quarters of Okinawa...

Marine Charging During Battle of Okinawa

Marine dashes through Japanese machine gun fire while crossing a draw, called Death Valley by the men fighting there. Marines sustained more than 125...

Marine Dashing Through Machine Gun Fire

Marines help escort an elderly Okinawan civilian away from the front. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945.

Japan/USA: US Marines help escort an elderly Okinawan civilian away from the front. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945

Doctors and corpsmen setting a cast for an Okinawa casualty on the American hospital ship USS Solace, May 1945.

Troops ride atop a tank as they advance toward southern Okinawa. May 5, 1945.

American Troops Advancing Toward Okinawa

As his companion ducks for cover, a U.S. Marine aims his sub-machine gun at a Japanese sniper at Wana Ridge before the town of Shuri on South...

Marines Attacking on Okinawa

Marines on Okinawa pause behind the cover of small ridge for one final look ahead before jumping off on attack. The man crouching on left carries a...

Marines on the Attack on Okinawa

Okinawa: A bullet-scarred monolith serves as a shelter for men of the 7th Infantry Division, U. S. 10th Army, as they observe enemy action on the...

American Soldiers Taking Cover near Sculpture

Soldiers move up to take positions on the lightest ridge on Okinawa near the village of Naha.

Soldiers Walking Through Okinawa

Pilots pose for photographs prior to their kamikaze attacks to Okinawa on May 18, 1945 in Chiran, Kagoshima, Japan.

Kamikaze Pilots

Pilots Yoshiro Mishima and Yoshiro Umeno pose for photographs prior to their kamikaze attacks to Okinawa on May 18, 1945 in Chiran, Kagoshima, Japan.

Kamikaze Pilots

Firefighters use hoses to tackle the flames and damage to the flight deck of HMS Formidable, a Royal Navy Illustrious-class aircraft carrier...

World War Two: The Pacific 1945

Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr of the United States Army pictured on right with United States Marine Corps General Lemuel C Shepherd Jr...

American Generals On Okinawa Island

Bunker Hill hit by two kamikaze pilots, during the Battle of Okinawa, Japan 1945.

USS Bunker Hill hit by two kamikaze pilots, during the Battle of Okinawa.

With a steel helmet for a pillow, and the coral ground for a bed, a 6th Division Marine Private John Emmons and his dog take a well-earned rest in...

Marine Sleeping During a Break in the Battle

Corsair fighter fires its load of rocket projectiles on a course over a Japanese stronghold on Okinawa. On the ground is the smoke of battle as...

Corsair Fighter Over Okinawa

Clergy member says prayers for fallen American soldiers during a battle on the island of Ie-shima. | Location: Ie-shima, Okinawa, Japan.

Prayers During Battle

Bunker Hill hit by two kamikaze pilots, during the Battle of Okinawa, Japan 1945.

USS Bunker Hill hit by two kamikaze pilots.

Japan : Battle of Okinawa US medics tending to wounded comrades at a dressing station - May 1945 - Vintage property of ullstein bild

Japan : Battle of Okinawa US medics tending to wounded comrades at a dressing station - May 1945 - Vintage property of ullstein bild

Japan : Battle of Okinawa US marines encircle a Japanese defense position in a cave, in which they fired an explosive charge - 1945 - Vintage...

Japan : Battle of Okinawa US marines encircle a Japanese defense position in a cave, in which they fired an explosive charge - 1945 - Vintage property of ullstein bild

Japan : Battle of Okinawa US Generals Simon Bolivar Buckner , Lemuel Shepherd and William T.Clement - April / May 1945 - Vintage property of ullstein...

Japan : Battle of Okinawa US Generals Simon Bolivar Buckner (r., commander of the 10th US Army), Lemuel Shepherd (c) and William T.Clement (6th US Marines Div.) - April / May 1945 - Vintage property of ullstein bild

World War II; Asia: battle of Okinawa: US-Navy disembarkment

World War II; Asia: battle of Okinawa: US-Navy disembarkment

Marine Sights in on a Jap Sniper. Okinawa, Japan: A U.S. Marine of the first division draws a bead on a Jap sniper with his tommy gun as the division...

Soldier Aiming His Gun

On the small island of Ie Shima in the Ryukyu archipelago an American Army chaplain leads a service over the graves of fallen Americans who had died...

Funeral Service

Okinawa civilians returning from hiding places in the hills following the invasion of the island by American soldiers.

American tanks and infantrymen advance under Japanese attack during the Battle for Okinawa.

Battle For Okinawa

Japanese prisoners of war at Okuku after their surrender. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945.

Japan/USA: Japanese prisoners of war at Okuku after their surrender. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945

Natives of Kiniawa are carried in a marine amphibious invasion craft to a refugee camp away from the gunfire. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945.

Japan/USA: Natives of Kiniawa are carried in a marine amphibious invasion craft to a refugee camp away from the gunfire. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945

Marines pass through a destroyed village where a Japanese soldier lies dead. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945.

Japan/USA: US Marines pass through a destroyed village where a Japanese soldier lies dead. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945

Marine Lt. Col. R.P. Ross Jr. Places Flag on one of the remaining ramparts of Shuri Castle on Okinawa.Same flag rasied by the first marine div at...

World War II Photo - Marine Lt. Col. R.P. Ross Jr. places Flag on one of the remaining ramparts of Shuri Castle on Okinawa.Same flag rasied by the first marine div at Cape Glouscester

Marine Corps Stinson Sentinel flies over the razed city of Naha, capital of Okinawa. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945.

Japan/USA: A U.S. Marine Corps Stinson Sentinel flies over the razed city of Naha, capital of Okinawa. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945

Marine from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines on Wana Ridge firing a Thompson submachine gun. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945.

Japan/USA: A US Marine from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines on Wana Ridge firing a Thompson submachine gun. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945

Two columns of 1st and 2nd Marine Division troops from the III Amphibious Corps of the United States Tenth Army pass each other on the march going to...

World War Two: The Pacific 1945

Woman visits a monument at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 22 on eve of the 77th anniversary of the...

77th anniv. of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

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Cornerstone of Peace, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan

Amtracks move in towards the Okinawan shore while a battleship fires salvos to cover their advance, Okinawa, April 1945.

A Battleship Salvo

View of the coffin of American journalist and war correspondent Ernie Pyle being laid to rest with various GI's on the island of Iejima near Okinawa...

Death Of Ernie Pyle

Scripps-Howard columnist Ernie Pyle shares cigarettes with some First Division Marines as they rest at an Okinawa roadside on April 8, 1945.

Ernie Pyle Smoking With Marines

Civilian natives of Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands bathing and dressing after delousing during American occupation. Taken by USS Panamint, ca. April

Ryukyuans Dressing After Bathing

Marines stormed ashore at Agune Jima, 30 miles west of Okinawa on June 9, 1945. Lt. H.P. Barrand talks with three native women after the invasion....

Marine Talks to Family on Agune Jima

Tank-borne infantry moving up to take the town of Ghuta before the Japanese can occupy it. The men are members of the 29th Marines. Okinawa, April 1,...

Tank Load of Soldiers

On April 13 a formidable task force carves out a beachhead about 350 miles from the Japanese mainland at Okinawa. Landing craft of all kinds fill the...

Naval Forces at Okinawa

Marines pass through a small village where Japanese soldiers lay dead. Okinawa, April 1945.

Marines Pass by Dead Japanese Soldier

Japanese prisoner of war sits with forhead in hand behind a barbed wire fence, after capture with 306 others within 24 hours of the Okinawa battle by...

Japanese Prisoner of War

Japanese mother bathes her starving child, 1945.

Mother Bathes Starving Child

Pharmacist's Mate attached to the First Marine Division holds a young native girl who was slightly wounded when the Marines attacked a Japanese...

Marine Holds Injured Girl

Captain Bruno J. Verback, of Chicago, Ill., is shown at the mouth of a cave on Okinawa. This Cave was used as a Japanese gun position until the gun...

Captain Bruno J. Verback Sitting by Cave

No Time Out for V-E Celebrating. Okinawa: Fighting men of the Army's 77th Infantry division in Okinawa listen to the news of Germany's surrender on...

Soldiers Listening to News

Okinawa- Sgt. John Anderson, Anita, PA, sits in a Japanese barber chair to have his hair cut by Pfc. Troy Dixon, Leadhill, AR. Both are members of...

Man Having Hair Cut in Okinawa

United States Invasion of Okinawa

United States Invasion of Okinawa

This hillside outside Naha, capitol of Okinawa, is covered with a pall of smoke, as first division Marines move forward under a smoke screen to knock...

Smoke Coming from Hillside in Okinawa

Japanese prisoners of war carrying their belongings on their heads as they wade through water to the waiting Landing Craft Vehicle, Kerama Islands,...

Japanese Prisoners Of War

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