Marines Attack Half Moon Hill

Marines Attack Half Moon Hill

May 16, 1945 in Marine Corps History

On May 16, 1945, the 22nd and 29th Marines continued an attack against Half Moon Hill, a day that the 6th Marine Division would later describe as the "bitterest" of the entire Okinawa campaign. By May 18, the famed Japanese "Shuri line" was breached by American forces.


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