Word: ryukyus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...held islands in the Ryukyu chain, including Okinawa, had passed in part from Admiral Nimitz to General MacArthur. But no word of this change had come from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who made the decision. Not until week's end did MacArthur's headquarters proclaim: the Ryukyus, with the Philippines, "form a great semicircular base from which a mighty invasion force is being forged under the primary responsibility of General MacArthur for the final conquest of Japan...
...April that they might designate either MacArthur or Nimitz as commander of any future offensive. But MacArthur's statement provoked Nimitz to the mildest of replies. For the record, he pointed out, "Control of all naval and naval air forces, naval bases and naval installations" in the Ryukyus remains in his command; the strategic bombers remain under Spaatz's command. Spelling it out, Nimitz emphasized that naval commanders in the Ryukyus report direct to him-not through MacArthur...
Typhoon Junction. The enemy may gain some respite from now until November, because the Ryukyus are the "typhoon junction" of the western Pacific. Weather will hinder U.S. forces and help some Jap ships to find shelter from U.S. bombs. But weather will not stop the blockade...
Last week Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz posted the score for a month of his task forces' sweeps against the Japanese homeland and the Ryukyus invasion campaign. The enemy losses were staggering: more than 100 warships and auxiliary vessels sunk, 2,569 planes destroyed...
...naval forces had taken losses, too: five destroyers,*a destroyer transport, two ammunition ships, two mine-craft, four smaller vessels. The cost in men in the Ryukyus (Okinawa) operation told a truly surprising story: 989 officers and men of the fleet killed, 2,220 wounded. 1,491 missing; ashore, 478 Army men and marines killed, 2,457 wounded, 260 missing...