In all of WW II, one seventh of all US Navy casualties came at the battle for Okinawa.
I thought I knew a thing or two about WWII, but I didn't know this. Can you give us more information on why so many Navy casualties occurred in the Okinawa operation? Was it due to the kamikazes? My father was there, and he had vivid memories of the attacking Japanese planes and the AA fire from the fleet.