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Okinawa, Battle of
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Okinawa, Battle of the final land battle of the Pacific War, on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, on the island of Okinawa. Led by Lt. Gen.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., the landing force crossed the island almost without enemy contact. Japanese Lt. Gen.
Mitsuru Ushijima's plan was to delay his counterattack until much of the supporting U.S. invasion fleet of some 1,200 ships was crippled by combined sea and air action, including kamikaze tactics. Though the battle was a victory for the Americans, Buckner, who was killed by a Japanese shell while watching the action, was criticized for his unimaginative and costly frontal assaults which resulted in 7,613 killed or missing in action and 31,800 wounded. Estimates of Japanese casualties ran over 142,000, including many Okinawan citizens.
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Okinawa's rethink.(American army bases in Okinawa, Japan)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/19/1997; 700+ words
; NAHA, OKINAWA IN OCTOBER 1995, tens of thousands of...with the determination of Masahide Ota, Okinawa's governor, to see all American bases...many outsiders that the American bases on Okinawa faced overwhelming local opposition...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Okinawa confronts Rumsfeld
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 11/17/2003; ; 700+ words
; NAHA, Japan -- The governor of Okinawa petitioned Defense Secretary Donald H...unusual act of very public diplomacy, the Okinawa government decided that the entire meeting...chain of bases, including those here on Okinawa, but Rumsfeld told the island's local...
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OKINAWA INVITES TAIWANESE INVESTMENT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 1/21/2008; 700+ words
; TAIPEI, Jan 12 Asia Pulse - Okinawa welcomes investment from Taiwan...Tourism and Business Department of Okinawa Prefecture at a seminar held in Taipei...seminar, titled "IT Investment in Okinawa, that one of Okinawa's major appeals...
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Okinawa memory: Japan. (military legislation brings back sad memories for Okinawans)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 5/16/1992; 700+ words
; ...try to repulse the American landing in Okinawa of April 1945. Some 12,500 Americans...as cannon fodder. The 1.2m people in Okinawa have never quite forgiven the mainland...sacrifice. The Ryukyu islands (of which Okinawa is the biggest) were an independent kingdom...
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Okinawa sees little change after 25 years: Reversion aside, U.S. bases dominate.(World)(Briefing/Pacific Rim)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/21/1997; ; 700+ words
; OKINAWA CITY, Japan - Bassist Taki Furugen still...World War II. The three-month Battle of Okinawa from April 1945 led to Japan's surrender...country but continued 20 more years in Okinawa prefecture. U.S. military installations...
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OKINAWA SCREAMING.(military presence)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Arena Magazine; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...tensions to new levels. But it is in Okinawa that it has become most severe, with...network. It is relatively unknown that Okinawa only became part of Japan in 1972, after...nineteenth-century, what is known today as Okinawa was a small pre-modern nation: the...
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Okinawa bids to reduce US burden
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 6/25/2003; 700+ words
; ...Junichiro Koizumi pledged on Monday to reduce Okinawa's burden of hosting US forces in Japan...United States there. On the same day, Okinawa Governor Keiichi Inamine reiterated his...Memorial Day ceremony for the Battle of Okinawa, which took place during the closing...
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OKINAWA ON THE EVE OF THE G--8 SUMMIT [*].
Magazine article from: The Geographical Review; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; In July 2000 Okinawa, Japan, will host the main meeting of...Commission. The government of Japan picked Okinawa from among a wealth of possible settings...in site consideration. The location of Okinawa offers few advantages and many drawbacks...
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OKINAWA: SUBTROPICAL PARADISE
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 2/17/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...00-0000 CAMP SMEDLEY D. BUTLER , Okinawa, Japan (Feb 6) -- Many people dream...Marine Corps Community Services on Okinawa, Marines who want to live in such a place should request orders to Okinawa. I'm constantly telling Marines that...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Okinawa's story of longevity one for the ages; Life expectancy: Island has world's top rate
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 10/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...longer than they do on sun-drenched Okinawa, a coral-ringed island just north of...There is a lot people can learn from Okinawa - diet, exercise and lifestyle. It...Suzuki, a cardiologist and professor at Okinawa International University who co-wrote...
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Okinawa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Okinawa , island (1990 pop. 1,222,458), 454 sq mi (1,176 sq km), W Pacific Ocean, SW of Kyushu; a part of Okinawa prefecture, Japan. It is the largest of the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Islands archipelago. Naha is the...
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Okinawa, capture of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Okinawa, capture of. Situated 550 ...kilometres (60 mi.) long, Okinawa was a vital air base for any US invasion...Expeditionary Force initially put ashore, on Okinawa's western coast, 1st and 6th Marine...
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Okinawa, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Okinawa, Battle of (1945).Landing day for Okinawa, the final land battle of the Pacific War, was Easter Sunday...Adm. Raymond A. Spruance , commander of the Fifth Fleet. Okinawa, sixty miles long and from two to twenty‐eight...
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Okinawans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
...heaviest rainfall occurring from March to June. Okinawa is the largest island, 85 miles (135 kilometers...miles (28 kilometers) wide. The island of Okinawa and all the islands south constitute Okinawa Prefecture, and those north of Okinawa are...
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Ryukyu Islands
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...from north to south, the Amami Islands (part of Kagoshima prefecture), the Okinawa Islands, and the Sakishima Islands (both part of Okinawa prefecture). Okinawa is the largest and most important island of the Ryukyus. The islands are the...
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