US won the "Battle of Okinawa". which lasted from April-June in 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).
Okinawa was part of Japan until it was overrun by the United States during world war II.
21 June, 1945
In terms of number of ships , the Okinawa invasion fleet was larger. In terms of casualties the number was far greater at Okinawa. The US Navy deaths were higher than Marines or Army.
Cuba
is there a military cemetery in okinawa
1846
If it was US TERRITORY; yes. US Military Bases and US Warships are US Territory.
April 17,1900 the American Samoa became a territory.
British territory
One important thing people born in the US territories become is a US citizen.
Puerto Rico
US won the "Battle of Okinawa". which lasted from April-June in 1945
Not exactly lost but the US did give up the Philippines and Cuba. We also gave back Okinawa and the Panama Canal. We also sort of lost territory in the Treaty of 1818 with the British (they gave us parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota, in return for part of modern-day southern Alberta)
it bacame a us territory in 1977
Puerto Rico is the territory and protectorate you seek.