Re(3): Battle of Okinawa

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Re(3): Battle of Okinawa
Posted on 6/3/2020 at 18:09:32 by Bill Crawford, (14)

Ed,
From what i was able to google up, it looks like about one third of the total number of U.S. forces killed at Okinawa were naval personnel.
See below:

"..Casualties among naval personnel were also extremely heavy. Of the 12,281 Americans reported killed in the Okinawa campaign, 4,907 were U.S. Navy personnel. This figure outstrips the battle deaths suffered by both the U.S. Army (4,582) and Marines (2,792) who participated in the punishing ground offensive..."

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Re(4): Battle of Okinawa - By Ed Tipshustipshus 6/3/2020 at 20:47:17
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