- 1 The account of the operations of the 27th Division is based almost wholly on Capt. Edmund G. Love, The 27th Division on Okinawa (hereafter cited as Love, 27th Div History).
2 XXIV Corps FO No. 47, 16 Apr 45.
3 Ltr CG XXIV Corps to COMGENPOA, 17 Apr 45.
4 Appleman, XXIV Corps History, pp. 161-65. The authors reconnoitered this terrain by jeep and on foot at frequent intervals during and after the operation and studied the area from observation planes.
5 Interv 1st I & H Off with Gen Hodge, 12 Apr 45.
6 XXIV Corps Actn Rpt, p. 100.
7 Tenth Army Transl No. 65, 11 May 45,andNo. 115,31 May 45.
8 Tenth Army Transl No.111, 2 Jun 45, No. 163, 18 Jun 45, and No. 122, 2 Jun 45.
9 Tenth Army Transl No. 47, 7 May 45.
10 Love, 27th Div History, pp. 36-38.
11 Ibid., p. 42.
12 Ibid., P- 43
13 7th Div FO No. 32, 17 Apr 45; 96th Div FO No. 17, 17 Apr 45.
14 XXIV Corps Arty Actn Report, Annex C, Ind 2: Daily Air Missions for XXIV Corps,
1 Apr to 21 Jun 45, p. 5; XXIV Corps G-3 Periodic Rpt, 19 Apr 45; 381st Inf Jul, Msg No.
;40, 19 Apr 45; Tenth Army PW Interrog Summary No. 2, 2 Aug 45: 62d
Division, pp. 5-6.
15 XXIV Corps Actn Rpt, p. 37; Appleman, XXIV Corps History. pp. 151-52, 168.
16 Ibid., p. 179.
17 The account of 7th Division operations on Skyline Ridge is based on
Gugeler, 7th Div History.
18 The account of 96th Div operations is based on Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div History, Pt. III.
19 3d Bn, 381st Inf, Unit Jnl, Msg No. 20, 19 Apr 45.
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- 20 Ibid., Msg No. 21, 19
Apr 45; 381st Inf Jnl, Msg No. 90, 19 Apr 45.
21 The account of the tank action is based on Love, 27th Div History; discussion and critique on the ground by 1st
I & H Off and Co Comdrs, 1st Bn, 105th Inf, and personnel of Co A,
193d Tank Bn, and attached flame-thrower units, 5 Jul 45; interv XXIV Corps Hist Off with Col Walter A. Jensen, CO,
20th Armd Gp, and Maj Harley T. Kirby, S-2, 20th Armd GP, 4 Jul 45, recorded in Okinawa Diary, XXIV Corps, kept by Maj Roy E. Appleman, XXIV Corps Historical Officer, on file in Hist Div WDSS. Japanese sources for the action are the following: 7th Div PW Interrog Rpt, No. 48, 2 Jul 45; Tenth Army Transl No. 118,
1 Jun 45: 62d Division Battle Lesson Dispatch No. 19, 20 Apr 45; Transl No.
189, 28 Jun 45; Furuta Combat Intelligence Rpt No.11, 20 Apr 45; 27th Div G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 13, 22 Apr 45.
22 Interv XXIV Corps Hist Off with Gen Hodge, 6 Jul 45; 713th Tank Bn Actn Rpt Ryukyus, entry
19 APr 45.
23 Tenth Army PW Interrog Summary No. 2, 2 Aug 45: 62d Division, pp. 5-6; XXIV Corps PW Interrog Rpt No. 54, 6 May 45.
24 See Applernan, XXIV Corps History, p. 171; Love, 27th Div History, p. 185.