Amtracs Hit the Shore of Geruma Shima. Into a Glassy cove under steep, black cliffs, army amtracs from Coast Guard-manned LSTs strike the shore of Geruma Shima in the Ryukyus. On this island 17 miles from Okinawa, soldiers of the 77th division found feeble resistance, after fleet guns had poured shells into the hills and ridges. The Geruma Shima action -- one of eight in the Kerama Retto group -- preceded the major invasion of Okinawa by a few days, as the huge American task force carried the attack close to Japan's home islands. This picture is an excerpt from a Coast Guard movie film fl
Amtracs Hit the Shore of Geruma Shima. Into a Glassy cove under steep, black cliffs, army amtracs from Coast Guard-manned LSTs strike the shore of Geruma Shima in the Ryukyus. On this island 17 miles from Okinawa, soldiers of the 77th division found feeble resistance, after fleet guns had poured shells into the hills and ridges. The Geruma Shima action -- one of eight in the Kerama Retto group -- preceded the major invasion of Okinawa by a few days, as the huge American task force carried the attack close to Japan's home islands. This picture is an excerpt from a Coast Guard movie film flown back from the Ryukyus.
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Keywords: 17-a2-212, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg
