1945 - Okinawa declared secure after most costly naval campaign in
history. U.S. had 30 ships sunk and 223 damaged, mostly from kamikaze
attacks, with 5000 dead and 5000 wounded, while the Japanese lost
100,000 dead.
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Had to kill 100,000 Japs.

And some people wonder why we stopped the war with the atomic bomb.

Joe