82 Days on Okinawa av Art Shaw, Robert L. Wise

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<p><strong>"A gritty, first-person account. ... One can hear Shaw’s voice as if he were sitting beside you." —<em>Wall Street Journal</em></strong></p><p><strong>An unforgettable soldier’s-eye view of the Pacific War’s bloodiest battle, by</strong><strong> the first American officer ashore Okinawa. </strong></p><p>On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, 1.5 million men gathered aboard 1,500 Allied ships off the coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa. The men were there to launch the largest amphib¿ious assault on the Pacific Theater. War planners expected an 80 percent casualty rate.</p><p>The first American officer ashore was then-Major Art Shaw (1920-2020), a unit commander in the U.S. Army’s 361st Field Artillery Battalion of the 96th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Deadeyes. For the next three months, Shaw and his men served near the front lines of the Pacific’s costliest battle, their artillery proving decisive against a phantom enemy