"75 Years Ago: U.S. Coast Guard Operations at Okinawa" Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 May 2020 4:24 p.m. PST |
"In late March 1945, nearly 1,300 ships of the Allied forces of America, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada assembled to support the largest amphibious operation of the Pacific War–the invasion of Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands. Okinawa is a large island, sixty miles long and nearly ten wide. It lies only 360 miles from Japan and was part of the Japanese colonial empire. Japanese leaders were determined to hold the island, both out of national pride and as a key to their East China Sea defensive perimeter. Although its native inhabitants did not consider themselves Japanese, to Japan's leaders Okinawa was home territory. Trying to maintain their "island hopping" momentum, Allied planners wanted to get closer to the Home Islands by landing on the "back porch" of Japan at Okinawa…"
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Armand |
 ColCampbell  | 06 May 2020 5:51 p.m. PST |
Nice find, Armand. Thanks. Jim |
| pzivh43 | 06 May 2020 6:43 p.m. PST |
USCGC Taney was the first cutter I served on in 1973. A fine ship. |
| Tango01 | 07 May 2020 12:20 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon cher ami!. (smile)
Amicalement
Armand
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