04-01-2008, 10:37 AM
For anyone interested in the grunts' eye view of this horrific battle, you should read With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa. It is a great book; I read it for my Pacific War class I am currently taking.
I went to Okinawa in 1998 for my two-week Marine reserve training event that year. I took the battle site tour and saw Shuri Castle, Sugar Loaf Hill, and the Japanese Naval underground. I think I promised pictures the last time I mentioned this and have yet to do it. I will try to do that in the near future.
Here is a link to the NARA (National Archives) WWII site http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/#iwo . It has large photos files - which is why I didn't post any here.