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US Navy starts preparing
The US Navy starts preparing for the bombings of the island of Okinawa with a pre-invasion bombardment of the island. other troops land on islands nearby to stage for the invasion. US 77th Infantry Divison lands at the Kerama islands. -
US Navy lobs explosive shells.
The US Navy shoots around 30,000 explosive shells on the Okinawa coastline, which ends a week of bombardment of the island -
Divisions land along the coast of Okinawa
Two of the US Army and USMC divisions land on the southwest coast of Okinawa, close to Hagushi. The US 10 Army is commanded by Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, there where around 180,000 soldiers and 550,000 personnel.