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There are no chapters in war, as it is a continuous action from the opening to the end of the conflict. The Okinawa War was no exception to this maxim. 

To The Reader, From One Who Was There Prologue The Facts About How The War In The Pacific Began Xth U.S. Army In 90 Days Of Action On Okinawa Basic Strategy And Military Organization Of The 32nd Japanese Army 77th Army Inf. Div. Lands And Takes The Kerama Islands Operation Iceberg Underway On 1 Apr The XXIV Army Corps And IIIrd Amphibious Corps Take Up Positions The British Pacific Fleet/Fleet Air Arm Arrive On Station The Army And Marine Divisions Begin The Assault The Last Sortie Of The Imperial Japanese Navy The 6th Mar. Div. In The North The 77th Army Inf. Div. Captures Ie Shima The Arrival Of The Tokko Tai The Military Government And Civil Affairs Teams Meet Okinawans The 1st Mar. Div. Captures Dakeshi And Wana The 7th and 96th Army Inf. Div.'s Forge Southward The 27th Army Inf. Div. Reaches The End of Makiminato Airfield The Naval Guns On Target Typhoons With Rain Turn Okinawa Into A Sea Of Mud Both XXIV Army Corps And IIIrd Amphibious Corps Hit Shuri Japanese Air Commandos Land On Yomitan Airfield Sugar Loaf, Shuri, And Naha City Are Taken The Chinen Peninsula And Oroku Are Captured Four Divisions Move To The End Of The Island The Death Of The Commander Lt. Gen. Geiger, USMC, Announces "Okinawa Island Secured" Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell Takes Command And Orders Mop Up To Begin All Hands Prepare For Operation Downfall, Phase I, Olympic The Bomb Diplomatic Messages And Japan's Longest Day 15 Aug 41, 12 Noon, The Emperor Speaks To The Nation The Mission To Manila On The Quarterdeck Of USS Missouri Japan Signs General Stilwell, Signs And Terminates The Okinawa War 7 Sep The Okinawa People And The Unknown Future Acknowledgements Index Bibliography 

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