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100 1 a| Nichols, Charles Sidney,d| 1912-1993.,e| author.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 10 a| Okinawa :b| victory in the Pacific /c| Major Chas. S. Nichols, Jr., USMC ; Henry I. Shaw, Jr.;

264 1 a| Washington, D.C. :b| Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps,c| 1955.;

300 a| viii, 332 pages :b| illustrations, portraits, maps (some folded, some color) ;c| 27 cm.;

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337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Marine Corps monograph ;v| no. 15;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-280) and index.;

505 0 a| Background : Strategic background -- Historical notes -- Okinawa and the Okinawans -- Planning ICEBERG : Strategic concepts -- Command relationships -- Intelligence -- Tactical planning -- Logistical planning -- Preparation for the assault: Training and rehearsing -- Mounting and staging for the assault -- Preliminary covering strikes -- Seizure of Kerama Retto -- Prelanding operations -- Japanese defensive preparation : The Thirty-second Army -- Strengthening the defenses -- Reinforcing the Army -- Prelanding dispositions -- Seizure of the beachhead : Severing the Island -- Meeting the enemy -- Logistical progress -- Kamikaze -- Action in the North : Securing the Eastern Islands -- 6th Marine Division advances -- Battle for Motobu Peninsula -- Marines' "Guerrilla War," -- Capture of Ie Shima -- Developing the Shuri defenses : Penetrating the Outpost Line -- Build-up in the South -- Attack of 19 April -- Assaulting the Second Defense Ring -- 1st Marine Division joins XXIV Corps -- IIIAC enters the Lists : Japanese counterattack -- The battle lines are drawn -- Tenth Army attacks -- Logistical progress -- Reduction of the Shuri Bastion: Sugar Loaf Hill -- Wana Draw -- Shuri Heights and Conical Hill -- Struggle in the rain -- Japanese withdrawal -- Ushijima's last stand : Breakout to the South -- The capture of Oroku Peninsula -- Kunishi Ridge -- Iheya-Aguni Operation -- Yaeju Dake-Yuza Dake -- End of organized resistance -- Campaign summary : The clean-up drive -- The Tenth Army's Air Force -- Island Command activities -- Tactical evaluation -- Key to conquest -- Appendices : Bibliography -- Chronology -- Command and Staff List of Marine Unites on Okinawa -- III Amphibious Corps task organization -- Japanese order of battle -- Marine casualties -- Marine and Naval Corpsmen Medal of Honor winners -- Navy Unit Commendations.;

500 a| "Text and another illustration on p. 1 and 4 of cover.";

500 a| 27 maps attached to inside of back cover.;

500 a| Document for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, laminated cover, $5.50.;

500 a| 4to.;

500 a| GPO Historic Shelflist Project- publication not in hand.;

500 a| GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).;

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830 0 a| Marine Corps monographs ;v| no. 15.=| ^A1348267;

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Okinawa : victory in the Pacific / Major Chas. S. Nichols, Jr., USMC ; Henry I. Shaw, Jr.

Author/creator	Nichols, Charles Sidney author.
Other author	Shaw, Henry I., Jr., author.
Other author	United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division. Historical Branch, issuing body.
Format	Book
Publication	Washington, D.C. : Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1955.
Description	viii, 332 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps (some folded, some color) ; 27 cm.
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns. --Japan. --Okinawa Island. Battles--Japan. --History. --20th century. Government publications.

Series	Marine Corps monograph ; no. 15 Marine Corps monographs ; no. 15. ^A1348267
Contents	Background : Strategic background -- Historical notes -- Okinawa and the Okinawans -- Planning ICEBERG : Strategic concepts -- Command relationships -- Intelligence -- Tactical planning -- Logistical planning -- Preparation for the assault: Training and rehearsing -- Mounting and staging for the assault -- Preliminary covering strikes -- Seizure of Kerama Retto -- Prelanding operations -- Japanese defensive preparation : The Thirty-second Army -- Strengthening the defenses -- Reinforcing the Army -- Prelanding dispositions -- Seizure of the beachhead : Severing the Island -- Meeting the enemy -- Logistical progress -- Kamikaze -- Action in the North : Securing the Eastern Islands -- 6th Marine Division advances -- Battle for Motobu Peninsula -- Marines' "Guerrilla War," -- Capture of Ie Shima -- Developing the Shuri defenses : Penetrating the Outpost Line -- Build-up in the South -- Attack of 19 April -- Assaulting the Second Defense Ring -- 1st Marine Division joins XXIV Corps -- IIIAC enters the Lists : Japanese counterattack -- The battle lines are drawn -- Tenth Army attacks -- Logistical progress -- Reduction of the Shuri Bastion: Sugar Loaf Hill -- Wana Draw -- Shuri Heights and Conical Hill -- Struggle in the rain -- Japanese withdrawal -- Ushijima's last stand : Breakout to the South -- The capture of Oroku Peninsula -- Kunishi Ridge -- Iheya-Aguni Operation -- Yaeju Dake-Yuza Dake -- End of organized resistance -- Campaign summary : The clean-up drive -- The Tenth Army's Air Force -- Island Command activities -- Tactical evaluation -- Key to conquest -- Appendices : Bibliography -- Chronology -- Command and Staff List of Marine Unites on Okinawa -- III Amphibious Corps task organization -- Japanese order of battle -- Marine casualties -- Marine and Naval Corpsmen Medal of Honor winners -- Navy Unit Commendations.
General note	"Text and another illustration on p. 1 and 4 of cover."
General note	27 maps attached to inside of back cover.
General note	Document for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, laminated cover, $5.50.
General note	4to.
General note	GPO Historic Shelflist Project- publication not in hand.
General note	GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-280) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: United States. Marine Corps. Okinawa. Washington, D.C. :Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1955.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	56000849
GPO item number	0383
Govt. docs number	D 214.2:OK 3

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