Why Okinawa?
CHAPTER ONE
Japan at Bay
CHAPTER TWO
The Divine Wind
CHAPTER THREE
The Japanese Samurai
CHAPTER FOUR
First Blood for America
CHAPTER FIVE
Kamikaze Strike / Franklin’s Ordeal
CHAPTER SIX
The “Americans”
CHAPTER SEVEN
Love Day
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Marines Overrun the North
CHAPTER NINE
“Floating Chrysanthemums”
CHAPTER TEN
Fiery Failure at Kakazu Ridge
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Back to Banzai!
CHAPTER TWELVE
Kikusui 2: Kamikaze Crucible
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Uncle Sam: Logistics Magician
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Hodge’s Hurricane Attack Hurled Back
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Outer Line Cracked / Ushijima Retreats
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Kamikaze Bases Scourged / Kikusui 4
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Last Gasp of the Samurai Cho
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Minatoga: A Missed Opportunity
CHAPTER NINETEEN
May: Rain, Mud, Blood - and Breakthrough!
CHAPTER TWENTY
Ushijima Retreats Again
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Chrysanthemums Die in Sea and Sky
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Ushijima’s Last Stand
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
A Samurai Farewell
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Epilogue: The Value of Okinawa
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Index
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