Video: 'Lost in the Fog of War: Battle of Ie Shima 1945'

(Monday, April 16, 1945, first waves of assault troops landed at 7:58 a.m. Japan Standard Time; during the Battle of Okinawa, part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — The 77th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army assaulted Ie Island (Ie Shima), a small island off the western end of the Motobu Peninsula of Okinawa.

Video: 'Bombardment of Ie Shima, Invasion Of Okinawa, 04/1945 (full)'