The red, white, and blue of the national ensign colors the invasion scene as American soldiers wade ashore at Okinawa on 1 April 1945
U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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Long shot of beach where soldiers are gathering and in background landing craft and ships can be seen. "File Number: 314689 Released: June 5, 1945 Stars and stripes raised on Okinawa The Red, White, and Blue of the National Ensign colors the invasion scene as American soldiers wade ashore at Okinawa on April 1, 1945." 1 April 1945
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The Charles Ives Collection consists of 719 photographs from the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the photographs were taken between 1944 and 1945. Mr. Ives inherited the photographs from a friend from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps and discharged as a Major in 1945.
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Okinawa
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Flags--American
Landing craft--American--Okinawa
Soldiers--American--Okinawa
Beaches--Okinawa