Dale Wilson, PhD, USA (Ret) (@drdale)

29 May 1945: The 5th Marine Regt. storms Shuri Castle on Okinawa. For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa#Southern_Okinawa ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Marines blaze away at entrenched Japanese soldiers during the assault on Shuri Castle. (2) Marines reduce a tomb strongpoint in Okinawa's Shuri Castle complex. (3) Men of the 5th Marines battle to control a ridge in Okinawa's Shuri Castle complex. (4) An F4U-1D flies a mission in support of Marines assaulting Shuri Castle.