Landing craft unload supplies onto Yellow Beach on Okinawa in 1945

Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, Gift of Stacy Hutchinson, from the Collections of the National WWII Museum
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Landing crafts LCT-1415, LCT-1179 (probably), LCT-1265, and LCT-1049 unload supplies on Yellow Beach while USS LSM-220 and USS LST-1000 are maneuvering behind them. Note 55-gallon drums onshore and piles of wood. Many ships and landing craft are farther out in the water. Okinawa, 1945.

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1945
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Collection of U.S. Official Coast Guard images.
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Okinawa-jima
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Landing craft--American--Okinawa
Ships--American--Okinawa
Beaches--Okinawa