The Japanese resistance was on land and air ; notably the use of the Kamikaze suicide planes .
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US won the "Battle of Okinawa". which lasted from April-June in 1945
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For the USMC it was Iwo Jima. For the US Army & US Navy it was Okinawa. The kamikazes did most of the damage at Okinawa.
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa were captured in early 1945.
Okinawa was an Army campaign, under General Simon B. Buckner Jr., commander of the US Army's 10th Army. Iwo Jima was a Marine Corps campaign. However, Marines did fight on Okinawa; see the website "Battle of Okinawa", then look at the referrences at the bottom of the article for research material on the US Marines (at Okinawa).
12,513 US casualties .
Okinawa
It was brought originally by immigrants from Okinawa. Soldiers stationed in Japan and Okinawa also brought it back.