American Sea Power Crashes Into the Ryukyus. In the shadow of a rocky hump similar to volcanic Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, American forces carve out a beachhead on the island of Geruma Shima on the southerly fringe of the Ryukyus. Coast Guard-manned and Navy LSTs and Army amtracs pile ashore carrying hardened invasion veterans of the 77th division. The Geruma Shima operation preceded by a few days the assault upon Okinawa, only 325 miles from the main Japanese island of Kyushu. This picture is an excerpt from a Coast Guard movie film flown back to this country from the Ryukyus.

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Keywords: 17-a2-212, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg