Ground units: Tenth Army XXIV Corps 7th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 77th Infantry Division 96th Infantry Division III Amphibious Corps 1st Marine Division 2nd Marine Division 6th Marine Division The Americans suffered over 82,000 casualties, including non-battle casualties (psychiatric, injuries, illnesses), of whom over 12,500 were killed or missing. Battle deaths were 4,907 Navy, 4,675 Army, and 2,938 Marine Corps personnel.

They maybe gone, but are never forgotten!

I love the landscape at 6:26

My dad landed on Okinawa 04/01/ 1945 He got hit in the legs .. He was there for two and a half mouths.. He never talked about the war... I all ways wonder why he drank so much. I found out when I got back from Vietnam... 1968/1969

@crisolson1002

8 жыл бұрын

+david graszak Thank you for your service. No war is pretty. My father was a sub vet from WWII and gave up his family after his service, for alcohol/job due to the experience he was chained to in the service. He had nightmares I was told nearly all his life. We make decisions to go to war far too quickly/ easy.

@petrihelenius2867

6 жыл бұрын

YOU DAD IS FINE MAN

@keithswartz5126

4 жыл бұрын

He should have been able to talk with having 2 and 1/2 mouths..... 😛just pulling ur chain fella GOT ALL TGE RESPECT in the world for all those fellas...

Great video!

My Father Sgt. Lloyd V Taylor, from Oklahoma, served in Company D 763rd Tank Battalion on Okinawa. On 6/13/1945 at 8:30 am he was seriously wounded . With out the highly trained, dedicated medical people on that ship my Father would not have made it home. I have tried to find out the name of the ship, but cannot . My Father worked and went through life with an open wound, and 27 major surgeries, but we had our family thanks to medical staff and sailors that were determined to get him there. God Bless.

my grandfather fought here,his buddy was blown to pieces and body parts landed on my grandfather,and my husband uncle was sent home in a box,and his mother and father was told they didn't know if it was his remains,so sad,the sacrifice these men gave,not only the Americans but to every country that fought together,to help put down tyrants who thought the could rule the world.

@princeofcupspoc9073

8 жыл бұрын

+hecke1959 Oh, that line about "tyrants who thought they could rule the world." I thought you were talking about the Americans. Oh, silly me.

@briancooper2112

2 ай бұрын

My grandmother's brother was killed on a navy ship u.s. s. Emmons after kamikaze attack. The navy said it was charge and he was burned over 100%. My grandmother told me her mom walked up to the casket put her hand on the casket and turned her head to the us navy priest and said that's not George. My grandmother's brother opened the casket behind a curtain and said the body there isn't George. He's has 6 toes on his right foot. George after a accident only had 5 toes on his foot. Guy in casket had 6

My upcoming trip to southeast Asia brought me here

Good thing you time-stamped that video right in the face of it. Otherwise I'd have no idea who owned this video. Good work.

@PeriscopeFilm

5 жыл бұрын

Here's the issue: this film and others like it may have been made by taxpayers, but the U.S. Government in its infinite wisdom, threw it away. Tens of thousands of films were destroyed and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like this on online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. So, in the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous KZread users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content. We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to deal with these kind of issues.

@GregorydavidMck

3 ай бұрын

@@PeriscopeFilm Someone misspelled thank you.

Great video, thank you. Is there any reason for having that time counter/watermark placed dead center of the video, though?

@PeriscopeFilm

2 жыл бұрын

Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous KZread users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.

Rip my obachan,she born in the war

have to agree with wish i could. great doc. but, the clock is way annoying. i will watch it all though. i love the pacific docs. in a previous life, i was a marine who died on nov 20, 1943. wading ashore at betio.

@billchang4476

8 жыл бұрын

how do u know your previous life?

@karthikvs9635

8 жыл бұрын

+Bill Chang He believes reincarnation.

@Catilogmaster

8 жыл бұрын

I feel a strong connection in Okinawa like I may have been here before in a past experience. The opening credits to The Pacific give me chills and nearly bring me to tears. Currently in Okinawa now as this is my 2nd time back (in this life at least) How can you recall past chances?

@williameaton9058

5 жыл бұрын

Sigh...chances are higher you died on the eastern front, or is this another cop out in which you are only allowed to be the reincarnation of your own hero countrymen?

Those Okinawa boys sure had a contemporary sense of humor... "Sugarloaf Hill"!! Sheesh.

the Army led the invasion, not Marines. They came later.

@PeriscopeFilm

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. Army landed on March 26th followed by the Marines on the 31st.

@JEM133

2 жыл бұрын

@@PeriscopeFilm To be out at sea,without a real battle station,as a marine or soldier would have been left one helpless with the kamikaze atracks.Much rather be ashore(as was too my dads opinion 1st marine div)He landed,on day nine,or eleven, he's dead,and I can't remember.

All the Japanese Imperial Army achieved on Okinawa was to insure that Japan was hit with TWO ATOM BOMBS.

I can't imagine what it must have been like. My grandpa "dzadzusz" sp? fought as well. Wish it hadn't taken me till 30 to appreciate what my grandfolks and the countries they loved were fighting for. "Freedom is the absence of oppression". I do believe though that we can achieve a different kind of freedom. All forms of freedom are superior to the monstrous impingement on human rights that is "opresión".

@kiniuedmunddantes

7 жыл бұрын

Natalia Galaxy ,,Dziadziuś" ???.

Okinaawaah? Never heard it pronounced that way.

Potentially a great video. Unfortunately, your distracting clock and logo feces made me move on to another video. Way too distracting. Best to make your mark obvious but not a distraction to the content itself.

@gregfister503

7 жыл бұрын

www.google.com/search?q=%2CDziadziu%C5%9B%22&oq=%2CDziadziu%C5%9B%22&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

More Marine Propaganda. This is not a complete and true story of the battle of Okinawa. American combat forces on Okinawa were 50 percent Marine and 50 percent Army. (Actually more Army but close to 50-50) To watch this you'd think the Marines won the battle. Bullshit!

@unitedwestand5100

6 жыл бұрын

Bullshit, Bullshit, and more Bullshit!

@Swampfox612

6 жыл бұрын

Buckner was a dipshit. More of a political actor than a leader. Geiger knew how to kick ass. As for getting all the glory- who was it that took Sugar Loaf? Or Shuri Castle? Oh yeah, that's right. The MARINES. And who was it that took Belleu Wood back in our First Unpleasantness? Oh. The MARINES. Methinks thou dost protest too much.

@maximilianodelrio

Жыл бұрын

It was more 66% army and 34% marines, that's just combat divisions, when including all other army combat units such as artillery brigades and tank battalions, it's probably 80/20

OKINAWA PERANG DUNIA KEDUA........????????

Please remove the clock.I live and work in Okinawa. I could use this footage, but preferably without the clock

@1949LA-ARCH

Жыл бұрын

Grow up quit crying😂time stamp stays.

The Army commanded the battle. Saw the worst fighting and suffered almost twice the casualties as the Marines. But, the Marines try to take all the credit. (Propaganda) They've been doing that since Belleau Wood.

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