Military action on Iwo Jima would continue until March 26, but before then our job was done and the Pickens headed back to Saipan to unload the wounded and begin preparations for an invasion of Okinawa.
Okinawa would turn out to be the biggest battle of the war, and also the last battle. I remember Tokyo Rose saying how bloody and fierce the fighting would be. She said the Japanese knew that if they lost Okinawa Japan faced certain defeat even though the nation would not surrender.
Okinawa would turn out to be the biggest battle of the war, and also the last battle. I remember Tokyo Rose saying how bloody and fierce the fighting would be. She said the Japanese knew that if they lost Okinawa Japan faced certain defeat even though the nation would not surrender.
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