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Old August 25th, 2008, 02:53 AM
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Default Re: Interesting information on war in the Pacific
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Originally Posted by Kai-Petri View Post
Okinawa

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Among the nearly 35,000 American casualties were General Buckner, who was killed on June 18....
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Sidebar to this: My father was in the 2nd MarDiv at Okinawa. He related the story to me that Buckner (and several others) was killed by shrapnel from an artillery round that impacted a near-by rock outcropping by his HQ.
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