- 1 Tenth Army G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 67,
1 Jun 45; G-2 Summary, 1 Jun 45, in Tenth Army G-3 Jnl, Msg No. 5, 2 Jun 45.
2 Ibid.
3 Tenth Army G-3 Periodic Rpt No. 67, 1 Jun 45. For comparative figures see AST Monthly Progress Rpt, Sec. 7, 32 May 45. PP-
I7, 19; 30 Sep 45, P- 5.
4 ASF Monthly Progress Rpt, Sec. 7, 30 Sep 45, p. 6; interv 1st I & H Off with Col F. B. Westervelt, Tenth Army Surgeon, 31 May 45.
5 Tenth Army G-3 Periodic Rpt No. 67, 1 Jun 45; G-1 Periodic Rpt No. 8, 30 May 45, in G-3
Jnl, 2 Jun 45. The strength figures cited are confined to effective strength of organic and attached units of III Amphibious Corps and XXIV Corps only. For assigned strength of all forces in the Ryukyus, see Appendix C, Table No. 1.
6 XXIV Corps G-2 Summary No. 12, 5 Jun 45, incls 2 and 7: Results of Enemy Action against Tanks as Submitted by
20th Armored Group; Tenth Army Ordnance Periodic Summary, 23 May 45, in G-3 Jnl, 24 May 45.
7 Notes of Tenth Army Staff Meetings, in Okinawa Diary kept by Lt Col Stevens and M/Sgt Burns,
19 and 22 May 45; Tenth Army G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 60, 25 May 45.
8 Interrog Yahara; Tenth Army PW Interrog Summary No. 1, 5 Aug 45: 32d
Army.
9 The account of the planning of the Japanese withdrawal from Shuri is based on Interrog Yahara; Interrog Shimada; Tenth Army PW Interrog Summary No.
1, 5 Aug 45: 32d Army; Summary No. 2, 2 Aug 45: 62d Division.
10 Appleman, XXIV Corps History, p. 464.
11 Tenth Army G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 62, 27 May 45; CTF 51, Summary No. 80, 27 May 45, in Tenth Army C-3 Jnl, 28 May 45.
12 Tenth Army G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 62, 27 May 45; XXIV Corps G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 56, 27 May 45.
13 Appleman, XXIV Corps History, pp. 466-67.
14 XXIV Corps G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 57, 28 May 45. See also Tenth Army G-a Periodic Rpt No. 63, 28 May 45.
15 Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 7-III-24, 25.
16 Notes of Tenth Army stiff meeting in Okinawa Diary kept by Lt Col Stevens and M/Sgt Burns, 28 May 45.
17 Ibid.
18 Ibid., 29 May 45.
19 Tenth Army G2 Periodic Rpt No. 64, 29 May 45.
20 III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, p. 56.
21 Notes of Tenth Army staff meeting in Okinawa Diary (Stevens-Burns), 30 May 45.
22 Ibid., 31 May 45.
23 Tenth Army PW Interrog Summary No. 3, 2 Aug 45: 24th Division; No. 2, 2 Aug 45:
62d Division; No. 19, 25 Jul 45: Air-Ground Units.
24 Tenth Army PW Interrog Summary No. 8, 24 Jul 45: 27th Tank Regt; No. 9, 24 Jul 45: Independent
Antitank Gun Units; No. 12, 3 Aug 45: Army AAA Units on Okinawa; No. 15, 31 Jul 45: 36th Signal
Regiment; XXIV Corps PW Interrog Rpt No. 133 [n. d.]; 7th Div PW Interrog Rpt No. 47, 29 Jun 45.
25 Tenth Army PW Interrog Summary No. 2, 2 Aug 45: 62d Division; No. 4, 1 Aug 45:
44th Independent Mixed Brigade; No. 3, 2 Aug 45: The 24th Division; No.
10, 30 Jul 45: 1st and 2d Light Mortar Battalions; No. 11, 4 Aug 45: 1st Artillery Mortar Regiment.
26 7th Div PW Interrog Rpt No. 45, 26 Jun 45 (Nakamuta); Tenth Army PW Interrog Summary No. 2, 2 Aug 45:
62d Division; Interrog Yahara; Interrog Shimada.
27 Memo G-2 XXIV Corps for DCofS for Opus XXIV Corps [n. d.] cited in Appleman, XXIV Corps History, p. 475. The memo was prepared about the end of June 1945 and was based on PW interrogations and captured documents.
28 The account of the capture of Shuri Castle is, unless otherwise noted, taken from 1st Mar Div Special Actn Rpt Phase 111, pp. 7-8; Stockman, 1st Mar Div History, pp. 40-42; 111 Amph Corps Actn Rpt, p. 56.
29 Tenth Army PW Interrog Summary No. 4, 1 Aug 45: 44th Independent Mixed Brigade.
30 77th Div Actn Rpt Okinawa, p. 62; Leach, 77th Div History, II, 96-98.
31 See also Tenth Army G-4 Periodic Rpt No. 66, 31 May 45.
32 Tenth Army G-2 Summary, 30 May 45, in Tenth Army G-3 Jul, 31 May 45.
33 Leach, 77th Div History, II, 99; XXIV Corps G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 61, 1 Jun 45; Applernan, XXIV Corps History, p. 454.
34 Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div History, Pt. IV, pp. 16 off; WA AGO No.
97, 1 Nov 45.
35 Mulford and Rogers, op. cit., p. 163.
36 Ibid., pp. 158-60; XXIV Corps G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 60, 31 May 45;
383d Inf Actn Rpt, p. 33; Appleman, XXIV Corps History, p. 455.
37 306th Inf Actn Rpt, Narrative Acct, p. 13; 1st Mar Div Special Actn Rpt, Phase III, p. 7; Leach, 77th Div History, II,
99-100.
38 For the description of Shuri see Appleman, XXIV Corps History, pp.
458-62.
39 Ibid., PP. 461-62.