♦War Classic♦ 'Okinawa' (1952) Pat O'Brien, Cameron Mitchell

My father fought on Okinawa with the 6th Marine Division, 6th Engineering Battalion. Only in his old age would he discuss it. I pieced together many recollections he wrote in letters and notebooks and compiled it into an account. It's unbelievable what these sailors, soldiers and Marines were up against. It was 82 days of hell.

As a ex-Navy Gunner I can pick this apart but I cant, 3 of my uncles served in the Navy in WWII greatest generation!

My mother in law was a little girl in the island when the invasion took place...she said she feared for her life whe she saw the fleet offshore....she hid in caves and experienced the most savage bombarding from navy and airforce aircraft for a long time...her family was Okinawa and the Japanese forces took over her house and was the head quarters for both Japanese navy and army forces....she remembered lots of young men going to the airfield and never got to see them again....lots of hunger and pain in those years for them...her brothers were conscripted into the Japanese defense forces....they All survived the war....we need to teach this generation of the sacrifices of ALL combatants involved....R.I.P. and pray it never happens again....

I love this movie, it brings back the flavor of the fifties to me, a great time in the States. My favorite character is the skipper, perfect.

The Battle of Okinawa. 50,000 U S. casualties including 12,500 dead or MIA. 36 ships sunk incl. 13 destroyers, 386 U.S. ships damaged, 763 aircraft lost! 77,000 Japanese dead, many ships sunk and 1,400 planes shot down. The bloodiest battle in the Pacific lasted 82 horrifying days!

A great old film from a time when Americans loved our country!

My dad served on a merchant marine troop carrier at the battle of Okinawa. His ship was struck by a kamikaze but they made it back okay.

My dad was a marine on Okinawa , his 1st cousin was on a Navy LST in that same battle.

Great old movie that I have always wanted to see. Thanks for sharing your work Australian fan ❤😊

I agree this movie is way much better than what they have today.

THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI Great movie!

A classic 'B' rated inspirational war movie, of the capture of island of Okinawa. And it definitely captured that savage yet necessary way our hero's of the greatest generation fought back at the enemies from our past, who are now friendly with NATO countries... It would be good for future generations to see historical movies like this, to see what it takes to live in freedom...

I lived there about 4 years.. flew a lot of missions, did a lot of scuba diving.

A bit slapstick but worth watching. Love this era of movie making. Cameron Mitchell seemed to be in everything around this time.

My dad was there. He served as a gunner on the APD 79, USS Bunch (converted from a Buckley class DE). Since they carried frogmen they were some of the first there checking out the nearby island of Ie Shima which had an airstrip. They spent the rest of the operation doing picket duty between the island and the fleet taking credit for several aerial kills and a kamikaze boat. He said they got shot at more at Okinawa than the whole rest of the war.

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Fantastic Movie! Starring Kirk Douglas

I love this movie. Better movie than most of the entertainment made today.

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i was there as a Navy brat from 1960-64, lots of fun playing in caves and in rusted out guns in concrete bunkers, picking up 50 and 30 rounds in the dirt and taking them to the MPs. termites so thick they would block out the screen at the 15cent movies and you screen doors. the best part was running behind the DDT spray trucks and gettin all sticky with the stuff, haven't had any problems... yet. wish back then i was older to explore more

My father was a plank owner on the LCS(L)-24... On the way to Okinawa the 158 foot LCS(L)-24 survived Typhoon Cobra. After supporting the landings on April 1, 1945, his ship was assigned to Radar Picket Duty in support of the Radar Picket Destroyers. On April 6th, he was at RP#4 when they received orders to respond to RP#1 to assist in search and rescue after the sinking of the USS Bush (DD-529) and USS Colhoun (DD-801). After arriving on station they picked up 42 survivors from the USS Bush. On April 9th, while on Station with the USS Sterrett, both the Destroyer and my father's ship were hit by Kamikazes. The Sterrett had to return to the US for repairs. The LCS-24 had their main mast severed. They returned to Kerama Rhetto and had a new mast fabricated and was back on station by the 11th.