THE BLOODY BATTLE SITE of SUGAR LOAF HILL -- THEN & NOW -- WHAT YOU WOULD SEE TODAY IF YOU STOOD RIGHT ON THE GREEN DOT

In honor of American Veterans Day, and the 14,009 U.S. Military who died during nearly three months of vicious fighting on Okinawa back in 1945, I'm posting a few simple photos, and one link, to a long forgotten week of Hell that happened down in Naha City.

".....While the US Army had to deal with the hell of HACKSAW RIDGE, it was left to the US Marines to take a small patch of Okinawa called SUGAR LOAF HILL.

After a week of fighting, this area was deemed secure. The 22nd and 29th Marine Regiments lost nearly 3,000 men killed or seriously wounded. Another 1,289 men were lost to sickness and combat fatigue.

Some regiments were reduced to company strength (consisting of between 80 to 240 soldiers), while other companies reduced to platoon size (consisting of between 26 to 64 soldiers).

Two companies ceased to exist altogether, being wiped from he face of the earth, without a single officer or enlisted man remaining.

Further, many platoons and squads (consisting of between 8 to 13 soldiers) also simply ceased to exist.

It is estimated that 2,500 Japanese soldiers were killed. The combat efficiency of the 29th Marines had been greatly diminished by the horrendous, week long battle for Sugar Loaf Hill --- one of the bloodiest encounters of the Pacific War....."

♦ Adapted from : www.ryukyustamps.org/SugarLoafHill.pdf

♦ THE SUGAR LOAF : 26.222369° 127.696019°

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NOTE : Old Soba contributed several photographs to the above historical piece by Jon. B. Kawaguchi, as well as some contributions to the closing portions of the text.

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Taken on: April 11, 2014

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