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

"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
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.
************************************************** ***********************

Had to kill 100,000 Japs.

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

Joe


The "Naval Campaign" was engaged to establish land bases for the Army Air
Force.

The US casualties at Iwo Jima were much higher: U.S. personnel 6,821 Killed
19,217 Wounded 2,648 Combat Fatigue Total 28,686
Marine Casualties 23,573

The only way for you to come up with your summation that Okinawa was more
costly was to include a dead Jap as a cost to America, rather than an asset.



What next Joe, are you going to apologize to Japan for Pearl Harbor?

Bob Crantz wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
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.
************************************************** ***********************

Had to kill 100,000 Japs.

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

Joe


The "Naval Campaign" was engaged to establish land bases for the Army Air
Force.

The US casualties at Iwo Jima were much higher: U.S. personnel 6,821 Killed
19,217 Wounded 2,648 Combat Fatigue Total 28,686
Marine Casualties 23,573

The only way for you to come up with your summation that Okinawa was more
costly was to include a dead Jap as a cost to America, rather than an asset.



I said " bloodiest" for US NAVY...... not the jar heads.



What next Joe, are you going to apologize to Japan for Pearl Harbor?

No.

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...

Bob Crantz wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
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.
************************************************** ***********************

Had to kill 100,000 Japs.

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

Joe


The "Naval Campaign" was engaged to establish land bases for the Army Air
Force.

The US casualties at Iwo Jima were much higher: U.S. personnel 6,821
Killed
19,217 Wounded 2,648 Combat Fatigue Total 28,686
Marine Casualties 23,573

The only way for you to come up with your summation that Okinawa was more
costly was to include a dead Jap as a cost to America, rather than an
asset.



I said " bloodiest" for US NAVY...... not the jar heads.

You said no such thing! Show me if you did. BTW the US Marine Corps is a
branch of the Navy.




What next Joe, are you going to apologize to Japan for Pearl Harbor?

No.

I meant "are you going to apologize again?" since you have already at least
once!


Joe

snipity-snip

BTW the US Marine Corps is a branch of the Navy.

No freaking way! That's one of those myths the Navy likes to
perpetuate. )

Mark E. Williams
UUUUHHH RAAAHHH!