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By Dan Hampton

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82 Days on Okinawa: One American's Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War's Greatest Battle earth curtain But in his mindOn April 1, 1945, Easter Sunday, a gathering of 1. 5 million men took place aboard 1,500 Allied ships off the shores of the Japanese island of Okinawa. This assembly marked the commencement of the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War II. War strategists anticipated a casualty rate of 80 percent. The first American officer to set foot on Okinawa was Major Art Shaw (1920 2020), who led a unit in the U. S. Armys 361st Field