Endnotes for Chapter III

1 Comdr Amph Gp 12 (CTF 55), Actn Rpt Okinawa, II-2; Comdr Transport Sq 14, Actn Rpt Okinawa, II-5.

2 Capt Donald Mulford and 1st Lt Jesse Rogers (96th Div Historians), 96th Div Actn, on Okinawa (cited hereafter as Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div Hist), introduction, p. 6 (available in Hist Div WDSS); 38 1st Inf Actn Rpt Okinawa, p. 15; CTF 53 Actn Rpt, II-B-1; CTF 55 Actn Rpt Okinawa, II-2.

3 Capt Russell Gugeler (7th Div Historian), The Opns of the 7th Inf Div on Okinawa (hereafter cited as Gugeler, 7th Div Hist), pp.10-11.

4 Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 7-III-1; 1st Marine Div Actn Rpt, Nansei Shoto Opn, 1 Apr-30 Jun 45, Ch. VII, p. 2; CTF 51 Actn Rpt, V-B-II-2, 3; Comdr Amph Gp 4 Pac Flt (CTF 53), Actn Rpt Okinawa Gunto, 20 Jul 45, III-12; III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, p. 69.

5 CTF 51 Actn Rpt, II-15; Tenth Army Actn Rpt. 11-V-6; CTF 58 Actn Rpt Okinawa, Incl A, p. 3, and II-5; CTF 53 Actn Rpt, III-13.

6 Gugeler, 7th Div Hist, p. 17; III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, p. 69; CTF 53 Actn Rpt, III-13; XXIV Corps Actn Rpt, Fig. 3, following p. 19.

7 CTF 51 Actn Rpt, V-C-7 and III-9, 10; III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, pp. 70, 76; XXIV Corps Actn Rpt, p. 34; 1st Mar Div Actn Rpt, Ch. VII, p. 2.

8 Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 7-III-t and '1-IX-7; III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, pp. 69, 101; XXIV Corps Actn Rpt, p. 24; 1st Mar Div Actn Rpt, Ch. VII, p. 3; 32d Inf Actn Rpt, p. 3; 780th Tank Bn Actn Rpt, p. 24.

9 Maj Roy E. Appleman (XXIV Corps Historian), The 'XXIV Corps in the Conquest of Okinawa (hereafter cited as Appleman, XXIV Corps Hist), p. 89; III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, p. 69; 1st Mar Div Actn Rpt, Ch. VII, p. 3.

10 Gugeler, 7th Div Hist, p. 18; Appleman, XXIV Corps Hist, p. 91; Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 11-IX-6; III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, pp. 69, 70, 99, 101.

11 Gugeler, 7th Div Hist, p. 24; Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 11-IX-6; III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, p. 99. 

12 CINCPOA Operations in POA, April 1945, P- 42.

13 Gugeler, 7th Div Hist, p. 25; Capt Phillips D. Carleton (6th Mar Div Historian), The 6th Marine Div in Northern Okinawa (hereafter cited as Carleton, 6th Mar Div Hist), p. 11; Steven-Burns, Okinawa Diary, entry 15 Apr 45; III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, p. 33.

14 CTF 51 Actn Rpt, III-9, and Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 7-III-2, give the number of troops landed as 50,000. A survey of unit reports indicates a figure of 60,000 as more accurate. See 382d Inf (96th Div) Actn Rpt, Ch. VII, p. 1; 7th Div Opn Rpt, p. 38; III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, p. 33; tst Mar Div Actn Rpt, Ch. VII, p. 3; Gugeler, 7th Div Hist, ,p. 26. On the Kadena airfield, see CTF 55 Actn Rpt, III-7. For the front lines at the end of L Day, see III Amph Corps G-3 Periodic Rpt, 1 Apr 45; 1st Mar Div Actn Rpt, Ch. VII, pp. 2, 3; 17th Inf (7th Div), Actn Rpt, map opp. p. 14, Ch. VII; 32d Inf (7th Div) G-3 Periodic Rpt, 1 Apr 45; Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div Hist, Pt. 1, pp. 5, 7, and Pt. II, pp. 5, 9, 10.

15 CINCPAC-CINCPOA Opns in POA, Apr 45, P. 42; CTF 51 Actn Rpt, IV-75ff; CTF 58 Actn Rpt, 1-7.

16 CTF 51 Actn Rpt, IV-75ff; CTF 53 Actn Rpt, 1-A-1; XXIV Corps Actn Rpt, p. 24; 1st Mar Div Actn Rpt, Ch. VII, p. 2.

17 Gugeler, 7th Div Hist, p. 29.

18 Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div Hist, Pt. 1, pp. 10ff, and Pt. II, pp.11ff.

19 Gugeler, 7th Div Hist, pp. 32ff.

20 Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div Hist, Pt. 1, pp. 12ff. 

21 Gugeler, 7th Div Hist, p. 35; Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div Hist, Pt. 1, pp. 17, 18. 

22 1st Mar Div Actn Rpt, Ch. V11, pp. 4-5, and maps. 

23 Carleton, 6th Mar Div Hist, pp. 15-18; Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 7-III-3.

24 Fifteen ships of Task Force 51 were damaged and three others lost from 2 to 5 April. CTF 51 Actn 1,pt, IV-75ff, 94-98, and III-10, 12, 13; 305th Inf Opn Rpt, 1-27 Apr 45, P. 3. 

25 III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, p. 125.

26 Ibid., CTF 51 Actn Rpt, V-1-23-26 and V-J-14-16; Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 11-IV-14.

27 CTF 51 Actn Rpt, V-1-22-26; Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 11-IV-I2, 14, 17; personal observation of road conditions by Lt Col John Stevens.

28 Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 11-IV-24-29 and 17-XI-7; personal observation of traffic conditions by Lt Col John Stevens.

29 Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 11-VII-3; CTF 55 Actn Rpt, III-7.

30 CINCPAC-CINCPOA Opns in POA, Apr 45, PP. 47, 48.

31 III Amph Corps Actn Rpt, p. 114; personal observation at Kadena airfield by Lt Col John Stevens.

32 Apple nan, XXIV Corps Hist, p. 136. 

33 Tenth Army Actn Rpt,11-VII-4. 

34 Tenth Army Actn Rpt, 11-XV-8. 

35 Stevens-Burns, Okinawa Diary, 5 Apr 45.

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