Okinawa was an Army campaign, under General Simon B. Buckner Jr., commander of the US Army's 10th Army. Iwo Jima was a Marine Corps campaign. However, Marines did fight on Okinawa; see the website "Battle of Okinawa", then look at the referrences at the bottom of the article for research material on the US Marines (at Okinawa).
In terms of number of ships , the Okinawa invasion fleet was larger. In terms of casualties the number was far greater at Okinawa. The US Navy deaths were higher than Marines or Army.
Okinawa
Okinawa
Okinawa
Okinawa was an Army campaign, under General Simon B. Buckner Jr., commander of the US Army's 10th Army. Iwo Jima was a Marine Corps campaign. However, Marines did fight on Okinawa; see the website "Battle of Okinawa", then look at the referrences at the bottom of the article for research material on the US Marines (at Okinawa).
The Marine Corps maintains multiple bases in Okinawa including Camp Foster, Camp Hanson, Camp Schwab, and Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, but all the Okinawa bases are grouped together as Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley Butler
Okinawa
For the USMC it was Iwo Jima. For the US Army & US Navy it was Okinawa. The kamikazes did most of the damage at Okinawa.
The name of the US army military base in Swinefort Germany is called the Army Garrison Schweinfurt.
Fort Riley ???
Fort Sill.
Okinawa,where American base is located.
in 1955 and 56 it was army med unit 8114 the entire hospital was in quonset huts, all connected by covered ramps hosp was located on highway running north from Naha and in or near Oyama city on the west side. there was a heliport between the sea and the hosp. have no photos to share
Okinawa. Strictly speaking, the current U.S. military base did not exist at the time, so it was not "won" (i.e. the Battle of Okinawa was over the entire island, not for a specific base on it).
In terms of number of ships , the Okinawa invasion fleet was larger. In terms of casualties the number was far greater at Okinawa. The US Navy deaths were higher than Marines or Army.
Naha is the capital. Kadena city. Coza, Onna, Nago, Okinawa just to name a few.