OKINAWA, VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC

Major Charles S. Nichols Jr, USMC and Henry I. Shaw, Jr.

NEW copy. Hardcover in dust jacket. (Nashville: Battery Press, 1989). Reprint of the Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps 1955 edition. Gilt lettering & decorations on red cloth with pictorial red, black & white dust jacket. 8.5x11. Profusely illustrated with photographs, charts, & maps. Notes, appendices, index, 360 pp.

Main headings in table of contents as follows: Background; Planning ICEBERG; Preparations for the Assault; Japanese Defensive Preparations; Seizure of the Beachhead; Action in the North; Developing the Shuri Defenses; IIIAC Enters the Lists; Reduction of the Shuri Bastion; Ushijima's Last Stand; Campaign Summary. Appendices as follows: Bibliography; Chronology; Command and Staff List of Marine Units on Okinawa; III Amphibious Corps Task Organization; Japanese Order of Battle; Marine Casualties; Marine and Naval Corpsmen Medal of Honor Winners; Navy Unit Commendations.