BATTLE FOR OKINAWA
IT COST U.S.A. 79,507 CASUALTIES. Recd. 10 p.m. Washington, Jan. 8. The battle for Okinawa cost the United States 79,507 casualties, compared with 45,029 reported by Admiral Nimitz on Juno 21. 1945, when organised resistance was declared broken.
The Japanese casualties weie 120,600. Some 32,473 American casualties were classed as non-baltle casualties, including a large number of battle-fatigue cases, mention of which the censorship previously prevented
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 8, 10 January 1946, Page 5
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