Manchester has produced a book that covers the entire life of the controversial five star general, from his infancy to his death, in the finest of detail and in a lively literary style. - If you want to know about MacArthur, this is the book for you. The author very carefully presents facts about the general and lets you the reader make up your mind on where the truth lies. Manchester does not appear to "take sides" in this book; he does not take the general and make him a god, nor does he denigrate what the general has done. He presents the many sides of this mysterious general and lets you, the reader, put it all together which is not difficult, since Manchester provides you the tools to do it: plenty of rich detail, plenty of quotes, excerpts of memos and messages, much detail on his private family life. Again, Manchester does not tell the reader what to think. For example, with the fall of the Philippnes, it seems that the general has made up his mind to stay and, along with his family, expects in a matter-of-fact way to commit suicide rather than be taken prisoner by the Japanese. You wonder about his wife and child, but Manchester doesn't tell you what they want to do: he lets them speak. - An excellent biography and significant historical account. Probably the best ever on MacArthur whether you like the general or not. (review on amazon.com)

Interesting book whose first half is in English language, and the second half is a Japanese translation.
It introduces the diary kept by (Bull), an American missionary, during her stay in Okinawa. It will be of special interest to persons with a concern for Okinawan history and culture, Okinawan society, women's studies, and Christian mission in Okinawa.

196 pages of color and B&W photos of Japanese art.
Art Exhibition was being held jointly by the National Commission for Protection of Cultural Properties, and the Participating Museums in the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Sept 29, 1965 - Nov 7, 1965
In the Lytton Gallery

Detroit Art Institute
Dec 5, 1965 - Jan 16, 1966

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Feb 13, 1966 - Mar 27, 1966

The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Apr 24, 1966 - Jun 5, 1966

Having never had access to anything but the "western" accounts of the Battle for Okinawa, I found that Yahara presented a splendid account from the other side's point of view.
Chillingly accurate were his predictions and sadly detailed were the final events before the fall of the Japanese 32nd Army. Having spent more than 2 years in the United States, in the 1930's as an exchange officer, Colonel Yahara knew how the American military leaders thought and was privy to some of the strategies and general American military principles. Unfortunately for the Imperial Army, Yahara's expertise and gut hunches were mostly brushed aside and the Samurai mentality of offensive warfare prevailed.
Only after senior commanders, LtGen Ushijima and LtGen Cho realized that they were fighting a hopeless losing battle was Yahara finally given the reins - but it was too late. The 32nd Army had already lost too many troops and too much equipment. Imperial Headquarters in Tokyo, for reasons that are still arguable to this day, offered little more than pats on the back and lips service in the name of the mighty Empire.
Soon after Colonel Yahara was given authority to call the shots, it strikes me that his mission became two-fold: Hold off defeat for as long as possible in order to delay invasion of the homeland (mainland Japan) and, two, on a personal note, how to survive after the fall of Okinawa into American hands. He understood how foolish was the Japanese propaganda telling of how Japanese would be treated if they were taken prisoner.
I think that, in writing this book Colonel Yahara truly wanted to set the record straight but he had another motive - to relieve himself of the guilt and the condemnation of his peers that he felt as a result of surviving the campaign when his commanders had ended their fate in traditional seppuku - the taking of their own lives.
I also believe that Yahara saw the writing as a way to let the Japanese people know that he was loyal, intelligent and not a disgrace to his country.
It is interesting to note that the book was first publsihed and released in Japan in 1973. Not until the past decade have the school children of Japan been taught about the Okinawa Battle. Even the Okinawan children had long been deprived of our side of the story. The book should serve well to help the young Okinawans to understand why their land and their people were so clearly abused and wasted! Well written and fairly well validated by editorial counter-point provided by Gibney. Any fan of the Pacific War owes it to himself to read this book! (My review on Amazon.com)

At the time of publication, Mr. Ota was the governor of Okinawa Prefecture.

In this book he gives us the complete account of the battle, using ample evidence carefully gleaned from documents and photographic materials from the U. S. National Archives, the Dept of the Navy, Army and Marine Corps Depositories and the Japanese Defense Agency Library, as well as numerous books and records written on the battle in Japan and abroad. Plain language, in additioon to accurate statistical figures and vivid photographs, makes this account of the battle most convincing. (from inside jacket)

Hanson Baldwin wrote a well-researched history of eleven major battles which can serve as touchstones to trace the chronology of the Second World War. Endnoted with references and in-depth background analysis, this book penetrates deeply into facts and judgements about the war and those in charge. The endnotes cover over one-third of the book.

Mr. Baldwin's easy style makes this book readable even to those without much foundation in matters of history. As the eleven key battles discussed form a series of touchstones to walk the reader through the war, weaving chronologically between the European and Pacific theaters, it offers an excellent framework for the beginner to construct a mental outline of the war's progression.

For those more grounded in military history, Mr. Baldwin's readable narrative contains innumerable insightful passages dealing with matters political and strategic. The cogent analysis, references, and evidence presented should by now have earned this work much affirmation by professional military thinkers. With a book like "Battles Lost and Won" to read and ponder, the fog of war dissipates and one can view man's most destructive activity with clarity and understanding. (reviewed on amazon.com)

Though I didn't get to Okinawa until the early 1970s I could relate to just about everything that Cooper described during his time there in the 1960s. Reading this novel brought me back a few decades and my memories sprang to life as he so clearly detailed his comings and goings throughout his time on island. A dandy read. If you enjoyed E. A. Cooper's book, B. C. Street, nearly as much as I did, then you might be happy to know that he contacted me today (2-2-10) and reports that he's working on another, Kimiko and the Young GI: Okinawan Affair. He said, "I am re-editing and re-writing the novel with new chapters. I am reshaping the story into a romance novel."

Nice little heavy paper paperback booklet with a map of Okinawa and a good number of hig quality photos with bi-lingual captions. Highlights of the main tourist attractions comprise the majority of this booklet, but it also has several showing the natural beauty of the Islands' flora. And, of course, no memory book would be complete without a photo of Iriomote's wild cat. So, that makes this booklet complete!

Brave Men begins with the landing on Sicily, when the Allies were making their first bold and dramatic assault upon fortress Europe. It ranges from Sicily, Italy and the grim days of the Anzio beachhead through the calm of those last few pre-invasion weeks in Britain, the savage climaxes of the Normandy beaches to the smashing drive through France.

You might be thinking, 'Why include the book in an Okinawa library?' and I might agree - but the plain fact of the matter is that I believe he earned a place along with Last Chapter on my shelf, and so here he is.

Review pending - haven't read it yet.

A love of beauty, a joy in simplicity, a gracious acceptance of life. The values of the Okinawans in John Patrick's comedy The Teahouse of the August Moon seems irresponsible and even subversive to the American Marines whjo plan to bring democracy and industry to the island. But after a series of amusing events, it is hard to tell the converter from the convert. (inside cover)

Fun little story book with Joji-chan sister, Koko-chan of the Shima family. Koko-chan is up and rarin' to go, wakes brother to remind him that today is the day they're going to the circus.

At the time it was published, there were very few good references on karate and karate history. Since then however, there have been many excellent texts and articles, including some from the same author.

While the kara descriptions are excellent, with good photography showing the movements and how they should be done, the kata themselves are not classical versions. They are rather versions taught by Richard Kim, which don't always agree with the originals taught in Okinawa.

Also, there are a fair number of incorrect historical references and incorrect translations of kata names (and the kanji is not included either), making most other current history books much more desireable. (review at amazon.com)

In Codename Downfall, Allen and Polmar accomplish an amazing feat. In a book describing U.S. President Harry Truman's decision to use the atom bomb, they make the world's only nuclear attacks seem almost unimportant.
Fifty years have passed since U.S. bombers annihilated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but those events have been debated frequently and furiously ever since. Using insightful research the authors paint so terrible a picture of the Pacific war's escalating destruction it even dwarfs the instant vaporization of two complete cities.
Downfall does not linger on the classic numerical comparison of lives lost to nukes versus invasion. Instead, the authors provide a sweeping account of the Allies' efforts to liberate or capture island after island in their determined drive to seize the Japanese homeland and stop the Japanese war-making ability.
Both sides expected a full mobilization of every Japanese citizen to fight what would be the largest invasion of all time. As Japanese generals preached about "100 million souls" all dying together, the American leaders searched for any alternative to the "decisive battle" as the Japanese military referred to it. The book described how the U.S. leaders grasped at the atomic bomb as a last, desperate hope to avoid this bloody climax their enemies thirsted for.
By the end of the book, the reader no longer wonders why Truman dropped the Bomb, but how the Japanese leaders could refuse the mercy of a peaceful surrender. Responsibility for the bombing finally rests squarely on the shoulders of the Japanese "cabinet."
Codename Downfall gives a fresh and convincing perspective on a very old question. (review at Amazon.com)

This is a nice little 'story-book' style piece with modernistic artwork and captioning in both Japanese and English. They describe it as "a pictorial profile of the Okinawa Islands". It references Naha, Naha Airport, Itoman, Tsuboya kilns, Shuri; Okinawan costumes, music and dance; Okinawa's crystal clear waters, farms, beaches, and more. Nice catchy, colorful pages.

Very valuable resource in a small pocket-size soft cover book. 200 page wealth of information useful to anyone who seriously cares to know about Okinawa. Not too heady but just right for the beginner Okinawaphile. Most attractive to me, and I've not seen such in any other hand-book, is the final chapter that has many native songs, with sheet music and lyrics.

Colonized by Japan, traumatized by war, dominated by an ongoing American military presence, Okinawa has never attracted the sustained attention of Western anthropologists. That has now changed, for here we have an ethnography of Okinawa that finally does justice to the complexity of its poetic and political realities. (Marilyn Ivy)

During the battle for Okinawa 40 American ships were either sunk or damaged beyond repair, and 368 were damaged in some degree, mainly as the result of suicide attacks by Japanese pilots. At the time it seemed to most people that those taking part in such attacks must be mere robots or fanatics lacking in all normal human feelings. Bernard Millot shows them, on the contrary, as clear-thinking volunteers of the highest courage and their actions as the outcome both of their traditions and of the particular circumstances with which Japan found herself confronted at this juncture of the war.

Photos by Blackie the Photographer
Here is a neat little hard-cover book dedicated to the dream of Hatsue Kawakami, a qudripelegic, to one day have a chapel in her village. Chock full of photos of Okinawa (mainly Naha and Hatsue's home village of Iju, Nakagusuku Son, and a section at the end on the Philippines) that are presumably taken by Blackie. Blackie the Photographer was famous for his ability to capture true Okinawan moments on film. A prolific artist and a softy at heart, he has this to say about the dreams of Hatsue:

"Dear friends, ... sometimes when I tell people to smile, I've heard them say, 'What have I to smile about.'
I wish everyone could meet Hatsue Kawakami. She is always smiling [despite her] physical handicap. She has no feeling from the neck down ... I was shocked to hear that the cockroaches were eating on her but she was not aware of their biting. We need to get her ... a place to live and a chapel to fulfill her dream."

This is a superb analysis of the Pacific War between the USA and Japan. It is always very difficult for an author to strike a balance between sufficient detail on the one hand, and the risk of overwhelming the "big picture" with too much detail, on the other. Here, the author hits it just right. This is a detailed and thorough analysis of the Pacific War that focuses on the main trends of the war, while supplying sufficient detail to support the themes that the author presents to the reader. (review at Amazon.com)

A year-book style book containing many color and B&W photos with bi-lingual captions, having to do with education of Tamagawa and the Whole Man Education. Only the photos have captioning in English. The last part of the book is entirely in Japanese. It is well-protected in its own hard cardboard sleeve.

This is a compilation of Ernie Pyle's best dispatches from the front lines during World War II. His stories were printed in American newspapers throughout the war, and brought home to the people of those years just what our men (and women) on the front lines had to endure, and how brave they were in doing their duty day after day until the job was done. It's moving to read about the hardships our soldiers went through in order to preserve the freedoms we enjoy today.

We owe a great debt to the generation of Americans who struggled through this period of history. So many Americans, regular people like you and me, lived through hell and many paid the ultimate price. Ernie Pyle's stories bring this sacrafice to life in a very emotional way.

The book also includes a brief biography of Pyle. It's a beautiful, if sometimes tragic, time-capsule of the WWII years, and I strongly recommend it. (review at Amazon.com)

Handy little pocket-size book with vinyl covers to stand up to years of daily use.l First is a listing of English-to-Japanese translation in dictionary format. Latter portion of book are the appendices: Phrases for Everyday Situations. Auto Parts and Accessories (first time I've seen this in any book). Phrases for health matters. Numbers and Counting. Telling Time, and so on. A very handy little book.
During my total of 7 years on island, I did find that there are so many "handy little pocket books" that there wasn't room in my pockets for them all!

Japan in Your Pocket proclaims the back cover - This little pocket-book is divided into 4 sections: Festivals throughout Japan; Curious Festivals; Annual Events; and Some Useful Information. The main festivals in each ;locality are shown on the book's Festival Map, and all festivals are listed in the Festival Calendar. It includes Festivals of Okinawa and Surrounding Islands. All entries in the book are done in a very cursory manner but still enough to peak the reader's interest. One would have to refer to a more comprehensive text though to get a full interpretation of each of the various festivals.

Here is a delightful little soft cover book of beautiful color photos of Okinawan festivals, photographed by Junko Hirai. It is a mate to another book by the same publisher entitled Shape of Okinawa Vol. 2
Thus, I presume there to be another book of this 'set' of photos by the same person in a volume 1. Alas, I do not own that missing volume. There also may be volumes beyond these three.

Ninety pages, each with a single, brilliant color photograph and a brief caption - in Japanese.

Summary of principal events in the Ryukyu Islands during the author's administration as High Commissioner.

The fact that this is the last report prior to the Reversion of Okinawa to Japan confers some degree of special interest to the many Reports that were submitted between the years 1945 to Reversion which occurred the day following the date of this document. It is in .pdf format so you will need to have a PDF Reader installed on your computer. If you don't have one you can download a FREE reader from ADOBE here.

[Read the Report here]. (26.8MB pdf file)

Watching planes fly over his Minneapolis home, young Samuel Hynes never imagined himself flying in one, let alone being a pilot. He never saw an ocean, yet before he turned 21, he would be flying and fighting over the largest of them. World War II was a transforming conflict in many ways. For Hynes, it was his ticket to a larger world.

Not that he seems too happy for the experience. Yes, Hynes writes with humor, and some nostalgia, about his experiences fighting in the Pacific Theater with the Marines air wing in the last year of the war. Yet, when he describes his feelings about his return to civilian life as "the end of something that had been good, perhaps like the breaking up of a marriage," it feels odd and wrong.

Hynes didn't see a lot of combat, but he saw a lot of waste, deadly waste, pilots in training killed attempting maneuvers, or else later on, lost at sea because they were lost in the clouds. There are attacks on a Japanese-held island tucked too deep behind Allied lines to threaten anyone. There's no glory in Samuel Hynes' war; even the deaths of Japanese foes are related with bitter resignation.

Hynes writes of his and his comrades' struggle less in terms of victory than simple survival, doing what the military asks them and no more. Hynes mentions the film classics "Wings" and "Dawn Patrol," but there's more here of Joseph Heller's "Catch-22," where the carnage of World War II is played as a sick joke. Even the humor has that same acidic quality. When one pilot is lost at sea, only to be rescued, his comrades disguise their relief by pretending to have gotten rid of his belongings when he returns.

The book is three-fourths over before Hynes reaches the only real battle he participated in, Okinawa. As he hops from post to post stateside, the narrative sometimes gets dull. But the overall tone of "Flights Of Passage is what makes it worth reading. With most war books, the focus is naturally on battles, or individuals who made some difference in the conflict. Hynes, a self-described small cog in giant machine, writes of the other side of war, its boredom, pettiness, infidelity, and creeping ennui. Danger, too, and tragedy, but in such small doses one can never be ready for them, not ready enough.

While his style is dispassionate and nonjudgmental, I get the feeling Hynes didn't care much for what he saw of the war. It's not that he was a bad Marine, just not a warrior.

His best sections involve the spurts of battle he did see, his impressions of flying the different combat planes of the era. Corsairs were prized as beauties but prone to spinning out during landing approaches, while the Hellfighters were "all muscle and no guts." (review at Amazon)

An improbable though absorbing yarn of a search by a young seaman in the United States Navy for his twin brother whose ship was lost somewhere off Okinawa in 1851. Coming to the mysterious islands of Japan in the service of the Perry expedition, young Barry Sturgess gradually gathers enough hints of his twin's whereabouts from Oriental friends and some aery sibling thought-transmission to rescue his brother Barney. As a member of the Perry force. Barry witnesses the cautious excursions into the alien civilization, the historic presentation of a letter from the President of the United States to representatives of the emperor, and the confusing and often humorous clashes between East and West. The Perry expedition is unusually interesting in the light of the events of the last ten years, but this book is less an objective study of Japan at the time than a Gilbert and Sullivan concept in which the Japanese are known mainly for their conscientious use of bird cages into which they stuff their prisoners. Superficial but colorful. (review at kirkusreviews.com)

As the title suggests, the book is written to illuminate some of the fun and fantasy on the Rim of East Asia - Korea, Okinawa, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

From a series of USAF WARRIOR STUDIES, this is a 579-page compilation of reports by - guess who? General George C. Kenney, of course!

FORWARD

This reprint of General George C. Kenney's General Kenney Reports is part of a continuing series of historical volumes produced by the Office of Air Force History in direct support of Project Warrior. Since its beginnings in 1982, Project Warrior has captured the imagination of Air Force people around the world and reawakened a keener appreciation of our fundamental purpose as a Service: to deter war, but to be prepared to fight and win should deterrence fail.
Military history helps provide a realistic perspective on warfare. Through the study of past events, we gain insight into the capabilities of armed forces and, most importantly, a sound knowledge of the policies, strategies, tactics, doctrine, leadership, and weapons that have produced success in battle. Each of us, in broadening our knowledge of air power's past, helps to maintain the most effective Air Force possible, now and in the future.

LARRY D. WELCH, General, USAF
Chief of Staff

The book is comprised of chapters in each phase or campaign in his career. He begins with "Assignment to the Pacific," in July 1942 when he was commanding the Fourth Air Force, and concludes with "The Japanese Surrender" in Aug-Sep 1945. It includes a chapter, "Okinawa and the Kyushu Plan".

a MUST HAVE for any researcher of 1900-1955 US military and politics. Unlike MacArthur, Patton, Montgomery or even Ike, Bradley writes an unbiased and contrasted biography.

By 'Becky' in Montana:
I knew General Bradley when I was a child in the late 1970s. He visited a health mine not far from my home in Montana in the summers. There were some large boulders near there where chipmunks hung out. My dad and I would feed them and General Bradley and his valet would stop to feed them also. Dad had a lot of respect for General Bradley. Dad was a Marine and served in WWII. So, I figured if a Marine thought highly of an Army General, he must be pretty special. He was always friendly and kind to me. I've met several famous people in my life, but I can honestly say that he is one of the few I'm proud to have known.(Amazon)

This is a bi-lingual publication, 288 pages in length, that is mostly comprised of photographs with captions and dealing with Genocide, defined by jurist Raphael Lemkin as, "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group." It deals primarily with destruction of peoples throughout the world during World War II. Although not specifically referring to Okinawa, the islands are included in this treatise. The majority of the book is chock-full of photographs of deaths resulting from war.

A first-person testament to the terror of war involving a little girl, her sisters, and her brother, Nini, as they eked out survival during the Battle for Okinawa. One did not survive.

We managed to make a hole - or rather a hollow - just big enough to hold Nini's and my bottoms. The hollow was too small and shallow to lie down in , so we just sat close together, with our legs stretched out in front and our backs against the side of the hollow. I went to sleep with my head on Nini's shoulder. Nini put his arm around my shoulder and covered us with a piece of cloth. Our sisters slept in a hollow they had dug right beside ours All the while, shells and machine gun bullets continued to fall about us, near and far, without any let-up. If we had worried about them we would not have been able to sleep at all. We had already resigned ourselves to the horror of the enemy attack.
It did not seem to me that we had slept for more than a few moments when five or six soldiers appeared and shouted in loud voices, "Move off, Move off! There's going to be fighting here soon. Go somewhere else."
I hurriedly tried to shake Nini awake, but he did not respond. He's fast asleep, I thought, and saw that he was sleeping with his eyes wide open..."

HIJMS Yamato was - and will now forever be, the largest battleship ever built. It will also forever remain a supreme curiosity that Japan - the one country which had the foresight to recognize how air power and aircraft carriers were the sea-going naval might of the future, should insist on building 2 Yamato class Battleships when their construction almost bankrupted the nation to the extent that their building even deprived the country's fishermen of their nets.

Nevertheless this magnificent vessel of death, doom and destruction went into service at a time when the Imperial Japanese Navy could do no wrong. Prior to WW2 Japan broke the terms of the peace treaties by preparing for their eventual complete domination of the Pacific region. The building of Truk Lagoon being one example. Then, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor those plans were put into effect with devastating results. In June 1942, however, they failed to take Midway Atoll and from then on it was all downhill. Three years later, the largest battleship ever to have been built was sent on a final mission from which she never returned.

In A Glorious Way to Die Russell Spurr gives an account of this great ship from beginning to tragic end. It is a complete account - as befits one of the world's greatest ships.

The largest cave in the Orient, is claimed in this brief, heavy paperback with lots of glossy photos of the interior of the Gyokusendo Cave. Most of the text is in Japanese but there are very, very brief English-language captions for each of the photos and a sprinkling of paragraphs explaining some of the features of the cave. Twenty-two pages. Available for sale at the entry point for the tour.

Decent full-size heavy paperback book with lessons that employ use of helpful sketches . Glossary contains a table for verb conjugation, a dictionary-like Japanese-to-English translation section, and an English-to-Japanese section.

I purchased this book, a 150 page pictorial biography of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, shortly after he died January 7, 1989. Can't read a lick of the text/captions but is a beautiful and moving experience. The photography is, as one would expect, meticulous.
It was released for sale only 9 days after his death so whomever published it had it just "waiting in the wings" for the emperor to go to the Big Beyond. Not a bad little magazine for only 300 yen.

Translated from the French by Nina Rootes with an introduction by Robert Lecke

The writer, being more interested in literature than his counterparts, spends a lot of time pondering about the ever deteriorating war situation and the impending likelihood of him being sent on one of those "last throw of the dice" missions.
He strongly holds the view that all participants of these missions participate on a purely voluntary basis. No strong arm tactics on the part of the Japanese Imperial Army. As such, he continually fights an inner battle on the decision to volunteer and meet a certain death, or to remain alive and pursue his dreams of further study.
He ultimately decides for the former out of love for his homeland and family. The book builds up to a climax as the reader begins wondering how he survived the suicide mission to write this moving book. (review at amazon.com)

In The Philippines And Okinawa: A Memoir, 1945-1948 is the third volume of the autobiography of Colonel William S. Triplet. It completes his personal story by recounting the American occupations after World War II. From overseeing the temporary burial of thirteen thousand U.S. servicemen to rounding up Japanese holdouts who refused to believe the war was ended, In The Philippines And Okinawa is a powerful, dramatic, first-hand look at the dawn of a new history arising from the horrors and heroism of World War II. A very highly recommended contribution to military history collections dedicated to the aftermath of the war in the Pacific.

This is a nifty little monthly handbook that the War Department distributed to soldiers and commanders in the field. What makes it intriguing is that these were written and sent out during the time that the U.S. was in actual battle. What was learned from "the field" was very smartly compiled and shared widely throughout the battle units. Inside the front cover is, in part, the following:

HAVE YOU LEARNED A LESSON ABOUT THE ENEMY?
The Intelligence Bulletin is anxious to obtain contributions from units and individuals, especially intelligence agencies, for publiscation. Articles that present lessons about enemy tactics, techniques and materiel are particularly desired, and when it is consistent with security, credit will be given to the contributing agency or unit.

Readers are urged to comment on the use they are making of this publication..."

Sample: SLICK TRICKS ON OKINAWA
The Nips are still at it. On Okinawa they tried to get away with some of the same old gags:
A field telephone in a cave was booby-trapped with a single-horn antiboat mine. The mine was set to explode when the phone was cranked. Many other caves were reported booby-trapped with bangalore torpedoes fixed with trip wires. As usual, many Jap dead were reported booby-trapped, the helmet of the corpse being the favorite place to plant the booby charge.
And in Naha city, U.S. troops were "engaged" by two uniformed women armed with rifles and grenades.

This is a nifty little monthly handbook that the War Department distributed to soldiers and commanders in the field. What makes it intriguing is that these were written and sent out during the time that the U.S. was in actual battle. What was learned from "the field" was very smartly compiled and shared widely throughout the battle units. Inside the front cover is, in part, the following:

HAVE YOU LEARNED A LESSON ABOUT THE ENEMY?
The Intelligence Bulletin is anxious to obtain contributions from units and individuals, especially intelligence agencies, for publiscation. Articles that present lessons about enemy tactics, techniques and materiel are particularly desired, and when it is consistent with security, credit will be given to the contributing agency or unit.

Readers are urged to comment on the use they are making of this publication..."

Sample: BANZAI CHARGES DISCOURAGED
Jap Offensive Tactics Improving
The Jap high command has become increasingly worried about the tendency of its troops to commit mass suicide when in a tight spot. The official name, of course, isn't mass suicide but banzai charge. Whatever the name, the chief result of the frenzied, hopped-up attacks that featured early island campaigns was compact masses of dead Japs. Perhaps the incessant speeches and orders inciting the soldiers to fanatical bravery were too effective. With such thoughts in mind, the Jap high command in the Philippines tried to prevent its troops from indulging in large-scale night attacks unsupported by automatic weapons and artillery..."

A good primer on Japanese culture. Sansom's book has been around for a long, long time, and it has been an introduction to the subject for several generations of interested readers and budding Japanese scholars.

As a book for beginners on Japan it is an excellent start. If you already know something about the subject, you will probably find that it is long on history and short on culture. The author goes out of his way to keep the political context in the forefront and always maintains the chronological order of his story, even when the development of some cultural features (e.g., Japanese Buddhism) may not be well-served by that approach. Most of the major features we associate with Japanese culture are mentioned. Too many of them are only mentioned in passing, and could have merited more in-depth treatment. (Review by Thomas F. Ogara)

323-page paperback, including chronology and notes, that is crammed with facts. Not much about Okinawa however. Pretty dry, to the point fact book. For example, the chapter on "The Early Japanese" is condensed into 6 pages of text. Good read for someone stepping up from novice Japan historian.

First course in Japanese language for either class room use or self study.
Thirty hours? I don't know about that. In my case there would have to be 7 days in each of the author's hours! Good little handbook though.

Personal account of the travels and observations by Thomas E. Dewey, the 47th governor of New York (1943-54). The information in the book is based on his travels to 17 Pacific countries, a trip suggested by State Department adviser John Foster Dulles. Only 6 pages are devoted to Okinawa.

Okinawa, half the size of the State of Rhode Island, and scene of the last great battle of the Pacific, was our midway stop on the way from Japan to Formosa. It is said that the Japanese were jealous of the Okinawan civilization, which had flourished on the island for hundreds of years. Whatever the reason, they invaded and conquered Okinawa in 1609 and the island was seldom heard of in the Western world until the final stages of the Pacific war.

A dandy read if you're interested in Asian-Pacific history and politics.

Kamikaze looks at the origins of the suicide campaign amid the concepts of Bushido, Japan's self-sacrificing warrior code, and Shinto, the State religion. It follows the ebb and flow of the major battles. The author also looks at kamikaze tactics and the U. S. response, and offers a critical analysis of one of World War II's most bizarre military phenomena.

This is the first reference book in English written on the history of karate. Compiled by a scholar with not only a deep interest but also a thorough knowledge of both Asian history and karate, this book is sure to be the definitive work in the field.

Information on what has taken place in Okinawa after World War II has been piecemeal, and up until the publication of this volume there has been no effort to assemble the whole story in one book. In this present volume ... we present a book of news pictures ... We are proud of its value as the only monumental record to be published in full after World War II.

Cover without jacket.

The narrative is full of details but the real guts of the book is the first-hand accounts by the men involved in the assaults against the well constructed Japanese defensive positions. Not only were the Japanese well dug in and protected but they used their firepower and weapons to great advantage. They wrought destruction upon the advancing marines. Men and machines were continually being knocked out with no gain being made against the determined Japanese defence.

Finally after a heroic night attack the marines secured a toehold on Sugar Loaf but then had to hold against Japanese counter attacks and massive counter fire from artillery, mortars, machine guns and snipers. The casualty list for the marine units were massively high causing some questioning of the strategy and tactics used by the Army High Command. In over seven days of fighting the 6th Marine Division suffered over 2,000 casualties fighting for this pimple of a hill which secured the Japanese Shuri Line.

This is the final book of Ernie Pyle's war reporting. After Africa, Italy and D-Day on the European continent, Pyle took it the hard way again. There was still the Pacific war to win, and where the fighting was Ernie had to go, soul-sick though he was with the thousands of scenes of death and destruction he had already witnessed.
He was attached to the Navy early in 1945. In the Marianas first and then living with the boys who flew the B-29s over the Japanese homeland, Pyle was experiencing a side of the war that was new to him. Next he joined an aircraft carrier on the invasion of Okinawa. He made the landing with the Marines and saw Okinawa secured.
Then his luck ran out. A Japanese bullet killed Ernie Pyle on April 17th, 1945 on Ie Shima, and Americans lost their greatest and best-loved correspondent. Millions mourned the going of this modest man who wrote of the war with all honesty and no pretensions, and whose writings will stand as one of the most vital records of the struggle.
Last Chapter is a brief, brave little book to complete that record permanently. There is a sixteen page picture section and an index of names and places.

In modern military literature, there is no more pernicious theme than that the day of the infantryman has passed us by, overwhelmed by increasingly lethal technology. Japan's Battle of Okinawa takes us into the world of the modern infantryman and illustrates in vivid detail Clausewitz dictum that combat is to war as cash payment is to commerce.

Dr. Thomas M. Huber's work is unique: for the first time in English, the Battle of Okinawa is analyzed from the vantage point of the Japanese defenders. Basing his work on extensive research in Japanese military archives, Dr. Huber affords the reader a view of the Okinawa battles literally from "the other side of the hill."

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I take issue with the claim to be the first English-language account "from the vantage point of the defenders." In the book The Battle for Okinawa, Col. Hiromichi Yahara, General Ushijima's Chief of Staff during the battle, presented a very clear and concise account of the battle from the Japanese military's perspective. That book was published in 1955; long before this book came out in 1990.

A rare look at what we knew about Loo Choo 160 years ago, in 1853.
Never underestimate the treasures that can be found if a guy just keeps on looking!

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The first page is the magazine cover. The Loo Choo article starts on the second .pdf page; magazine page 630. part way down first column. Enjoy!

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This is another outstanding book by a 1st Marine Division man. Johnston served with E Co 2nd battalion 5th Marines on Bouganville, Pelelieu and Okinawa. To his surprise he also got a campaign star for New Guinea as he doesn't recall anything happening there. Initially he is a machine gunner with the Heavy weapons company but battle experience led to a reorganization that saw machine gunners attached to line companies (the mortars were attached to HQ Company). Accordingly, Johnston is in the thick of the action, particularly on Peleliu and on Okinawa where he commands two squads.
This book is only 174 pages long, though it is of the slightly larger 6x9 inch format. It is however a very intense read. The combat is never sensationalistic but clearly shows the horror of death, wounds and its shattering effect on men. Johnston has written a highly developed memoir that goes further than most towards graphically illustrating the nature of combat in the Pacific. (reviewed at Amazon.com)

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This was "A Special Issue: The End of the War with Japan.

The struggle for Okinawa was the last battle of World War II and the bloodiest campaign in the Pacific against Imperial Japan. Long before the battle ended, U.S. Army civil affairs officers began the task of providing essential services for the island's war-torn population. This volume is an authoritative account of the Army's military government efforts on Okinawa from the first stages of planning until the transition toward a civil administration began in December, 1950.

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Being an account of Visits to the Malay and Loo-Choo Islands, the Coasts of China, Formosa, Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, and the Mouth of the Amoor River

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A bit ho-hum, shiny magazine style piece with a few good stories, "What's Good About Okinawa", "Flavors of Okinawa", "Exploring the Island", "Setting Up House", "Survival Kit", and some directories for Camps Foster, Lester, Hansen, and Schwab; Torii Station, and Kadena Air Base - with maps of the bases.

The battle for Okinawa was a long, drawn-out affair that resulted in a tremendous loss of life, ships and aircraft. The Japanese had introduced kamikaze attacks earlier but they reached a new level at Okinawa. Twenty two ships were sunk and 250 damaged, some so badly that they were out of the war. Over 500 aircraft were lost and casualties in the action were close to 50,000.

The Japanese army had refined their defensive actions during the island campaigns to extract the most loss of American lives and Guadalcanal proved the effectiveness. At sea, the ring of ring of picket ships set up to warn of impending air attacks became the main target and the location where most of the ships that were sunk met their end.

Foster's book is the shortest but still gives a great overview. It contains good maps, lots of glossy photographs, and a great appendix that includes numbers of each type of ship that were damaged or sunk followed by a complete list of every ship by name with the cause of damage or sinking.

From a unique dual viewpoint, encompassing both the American and Japanese perspectives, Ian Gow has put together an exciting, comprehensive account of the battle. Fascinating material has been gathered from Japanese sources that had never before been seen in English. This scrupulously researched volume also contains appendices that include a calendar of events, a guide to the military forces involved, and comparative battle statistics.

A theological study of unusual (at least to Western world) religious beliefs and practices. This is a complemetary piece to Women of the Sacred Groves and to On the Threshold of the Closed Empire.

Subject throughout their long history to many foreign influences, the Okinawan people still retain to a remarkable degree a strong reverence for their prehistoric animistic beliefs.

Nice soft-cover magazine size publication that is not a "welcome to Okinawa" theme.
Okinawan culture data written by Hisashi Ashimine, and the Okinawa history data written by Christopher Ames. A nice primer.

Chapter 1 - Myths and Prehistory
Chapter 2 - The Rise of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Chapter 3 - The Ryukyus Become Japanese
Chapter 4 - U.S. Administration of Okinawa
Chapter 5 - Post-Reversion Okinawa

A comprehensive guide to the Okinawa Islands, complete with full-color road maps. A detailed guide to the main U.S. bases, and airplane, bus and ferry information included.
Beautiful photography. Minimal advertising. Book has a lot of text describing each place of interest in enough detail to whet the traveler's appetite - and then some. This little book, by far, was the best-spent ¥1,500 of my second tour on island. I went nowhere without Okinawa by Road and the other guide, Okinawa - Where Is It?.

This is another year-book style book containing many, many B&W photos of the children of Okinawa. No date is found in the book but it appears to be, based on my observation of what few automobiles are depicted, circa. 1950s.

The book Okinawa Dreams Ok provides a much needed update on the current situation in Okinawa, with a particular emphasis on the developments that occurred after the brutal rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan girl by three U.S. servicemen. Delving into not only the everyday impact of the U.S. military and the Japanese government's decisions to keep the military in Okinawa, this book also focuses on the Okinawan people (Uchinanchu) as they continue to define themselves culturally and and collectively on their own terms, in the face of the constant threats from the military. Overall this book is a must read for all people interested in issues of social justice and who stand firmly against imperialism wherever it rears it's head, and who stand for the right to self-determination for all people. With the advent of the "Pacific Century" this book helps to demonstrate that the myth of Japan's homogeneity has always been imagined, and that now, more than ever, the Okinawan people are coming into their own, and increasingly defining themselves, and their land, on their own terms. (review at amazon.com)

Nice hard-cover book, 103 pages in length, containing numerous sketches, drawings and photographs of Okinawa as percieved in 1945. It is primarily a Japanese-language book but with ample English-language captions throughout. The first 1/3 of the book is replete with sketches and captions. In the mid-portion of the book there are photos with two columns of text; one in Japanese and the other in English. In the last third of the book are photos with bi-lingual captions.
An Engish-language preface by the editor reads, in part,

With the recent mounting "Peace Movement", including the One-Foot-Movie-Film Campaign, we often have chances of knowing the real pictures of the war on Okinawa. Thus I came to have a better opinion of the pamphlet "Guide to Okinawa." The pamphlet is consisting of sixty-one (61) sketches seemed drawn by the U.S. military newsmen, two-hundred and seven (207) pictures with explanations, and reports of Okinawa history and culture...

This pamphlet (original) gave me the impression that judging from the printing types used, it had been printed during a period of 1945 to 1947...

I would be very much happy if this publication could be helpful, as a step, toward the everlasting peace of the world.
Thank you very much
Yoji Aoyama
Editor

Delightful photo and memo booklet, constructed of heavy paper and with 39 beautiful photos of Okinawa scenery and people. I think it's one of Blackie's best collection of photos in a single binding.

This is a neat little soft-bound handbook containing a compilation of stories that had been printed in The Shimpo Weekly News, a publication whose primary purpose was to keep English-reading folks apprised of happenings on Okinawa and to also provide for an English-language periodical that native Okinawans could peruse in their quest to master the English language.

I. History (General Themes; Castles and Bells)
II. World War II (Recalled; Malaria; Legacy)
III. The U.S. Military Presence
IV. Politics, & A ourism (Tertiary Sector II)
VII. Okinawans in Okinawa (Themes & Trends; Festivals & Ceremonies)
VIII. Education and Sports
IX. The Arts (Native Art; Western Art)
X. Okinawans Abroad
XI. The Environment (On Land & In The Air; In the Water; Man's Impact
XII. The Water Problem

The photography is amazing in this book of 270 black & white stills of mainly children of post-war Okinawa. I enjoy the pictures immensely but the text leaves a lot to be desired. References are made to photographs that are many pages away so the reader, in order to follow the author's streams of thought, finds himself flipping back and forth, hither and yon trying to tie it all together.

The Chinese have a saying, "One picture is worth a thousand words." I have fallen back upon that old proverb in the preparation of this book. During my two years on the island, I have really had an opportunity to indulge my hobby of photography. ... I have been guided by the advice of many of my Okinawan friends. I explained that many of the people in America would hope to learn something about their island, and themselves, from the pictures.

High-quality magazine published by the Marine Corps contains great articles
Southern Comfort: Life on Ishigaki Island
Living Art: Ikebana and Bansai
Photo Essay: Captured in Glass (Magic Lantern slides)
The rest of the magazine is loaded with things of interest to military personnel such as restaurant review, tours, activities at the clubs, etc. A nice mag.

Compiled and edited by: H. H. Smith-Switzer
Historical data by: Lt. Cmdr. Hanna
Photography: Ralph Robinson & Alex Balasenowich
Illustrations: McFadden
Foreword by W.E. McCain, Capt (SC) USN

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Bob fought with the 763rd Tank Battalion on Okinawa. He starts of though recounting the story of his family as ranchers in Texas - Confederate ancestors and all. At first I thought this was a bit staid but it grew on me. Interestingly, he attended a military school which offered cavalry training and this saw him assigned to armour training when the war came. Some might find these opening chapters a bit plodding but once he gets to Leyte his delivery warms up considerably.

He starts the Okinawa campaign as a liaison officer with the infantry. He provides some good context on the operations of the 96th Infantry division, which his battalion supported throughout. Interestingly he believes the infantry had a harder time than the marines. He also explains very clearly the difficulties presented by attacking the Japanese on their strongly fortified ridges and particularly the reverse slopes. I learned a lot. His experiences are very dramatic in this role and there are several very close shaves. Once men alongside him are cut in half by a shell and he is crystal clear about what this meant. The horrors of battle are not sanitized. It is a sobering read.

During this phase he demonstrates exceptional shooting skills and even uses infra-red equipment to deal with night-time infiltrators. Then, under extraordinary circumstances he is given command of a tank troop and drives straight into a very vivid and violent battle. He recounts a number of vicious fights from his tank, against suicide squads and anti-tank guns. It is a war of extermination. He writes of this to his parents and his inclusion of complete letters is very useful for modern readers trying to understand the mentality of men in his situation. They are frank and unedited, using the terminology of the time. Green is no racist though. He was a decent young man who wanted no more than to be back on the family farm.

Green is very observant. He notes things about LSTs for instance that no one else has mentioned. He writes interestingly of combat fatigue and the bravery of medics. He conveys very well the tragedy of the war and there are some wrenching stories. As a tank troop commander he is mostly directing the action but there are a few times where he personally performs some incredible deeds, one such earning him the Silver Star. (Review by John E. Larsen, Brisbane, Australia)

Bilingual heavy paperback manual includes fair-quality black & white photos of the art pieces of the museum with captions and text. Textiles, pottery, lacquerware, paintings, calligraphy, burial urns and funeral customs, fishing utensils, farming implements, machinery, food storage implements and methodology, musical instruments, and many other interesting aspects of Okinawan culture.

"Marian Mann, an accomplished artist, felt compelled to set on paper or canvas her impressions and feelings about Okinawa and the people who live on the island ... we enjoyed getting a closer look at the Ryukuan way of life." Jean Shadrach. [click HERE to read the book] - a new browser window will launch. At the end of the book you can close the window or it will take you back to my "Home" page.

Shuri Castle and Sugar Loaf Hill, the Big Apple and Naha - these names that were once famous live again in the pages of this book, and so does the heroism that these battle objectives witnessed. Nor is the account one-sided: a special feature of (the book) is the inclusion of much previously unpublished eyewitness Japanese material, so that the reader sees the battle from both sides.

Researched and written by George H. Kerr, I believe that this book is accepted as the text of authority with regard to the history of pre-war Okinawa. I've read and re-read this book and have a much greater understanding of the people of the Ryukyu Islands - and I also have a much deeper regret for having not known this history while living among the Okinawans. "...this is the history of a little-known people whom events have made it necessary to know well. It is also one of those all-too-rare books that happily combine solid scholarship and detailed accuracy with a forthright, enjoyable literary style that does justice to the storybook quality of many of the episodes. It will long remain the standard history of Okinawa and the Ryukyus."

In my opinion, this is the ultimate treatise - detailed description of the military events leading up to and play-by-play account of the Battle for Okinawa! Well written and exquisitely authoritative. Loaded with photos, charts, tables, organizational charts, maps and detailed text.

See description above.

The author, who himself fought as a Marine through many Pacific battles, retells this epic story of war from both sides, with strikingly close portraits of the Japanese generals, who in the battle's last moments committed hara-kiri. Robert Lecke especially focuses on the American soldiers themselves and their commanding officers, drawing brilliantly illuminated portraits of individuals who fought a merciless enemy in the tradition of American military history at its most splendid and most self-sacrificing.

Handy little soft-cover handbook that was most likely produced by the U.S. Navy since it has a disclaimer about advertising, etc. not being endorsed by the Department of Defense, and welcoming comments by BG R. B. Johnston, Commading General of Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler, and by Capt. A. C. Konczey, Commander Fleet Activities, Okinawa. There are no such welcoming comments by anyone Army or Air Force.
Anyway, it's a neat little book with lots of tips to help make one's stay on Okinawa more productive and enjoyable. Typical military fare. My favorite feature is a pull-out map depicting the many shops, hotels, eateries, etc. along Kokusai Dori in Naha.

Here's an indisputably indispensable guide to touring the islands! Undoubtedly, there is a much newer edition of this wonderful guide available today. I'd have never seen many of the wonders of Okinawa without this book. Between this and "Okinawa by Road" I don't think a person would need any other guide until ready to delve into the truly in-depth aspects of the island culture. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time on island to mature to that point. I always look forward to a time when I will return to Okinawa.

By the way, I steadfastly believe that it's impossible to get lost on Okinawa. Disoriented, maybe. Side-tracked, without a doubt. But Lost? Nah! Just keep driving, pedalling or walking and you'll eventually hit a beach!

(I also have a copy of the 12th edition, Guide Book and Restaurant Guide that I purchased June 24, 1986. It has an orange cover but it is very faded from sitting on the dashboard of my van for so long. I took that book - and subsequent editions - with me just about every time I ventured out.)

This one is the "Okinawa 50th Anniversary Memorial Edition."

MESSAGE OF DEATH FROM THE SUN

The morning of the 28th was filled with even greater sadness for the people. They had walked all night the night before and finally reached Nishi Mountain at dawn. The mayor told them to wait together. He said they would soon get an order from the military to commit mass suicide. The village leaders said that all of the Japanese soldiers and sailors were also going to commit suicide. The people believed that they were all going to die together to save the honor of the Emperor.
They waited as the morning sun rose higher and higher in the sky over their heads. Shigeaki Kinjo recalled, "It was not a bright sun. It did not give us hope. It was a pale sun, almost shut out by dark clouds. It seemed that the sun was sending a message of death. Mothers and children talked and cried as they prepared to die together. Tearfully, girls and women helped each other comb and pin up their hair." The morning was truly filled with sadness as people made preparations to die...

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Fund-raiser publication for the United Okinawan Association in Hawaii. Nice little book with some Okinawa history, some photos and descriptions of various aspects of Okinawan culture and, of course, some recipes, starting with Basic Miso Soup all through to Kashogan (peanut butter balls). It finishes with a glossary defining the Okinawan terms used in the recipes.

In a 'Preface for Foreign Readers' the author writes, in part:

This is a book about Okinawan proverbs. It has been written for both the Japanese and English-speaking people who are interested in Okinawa and her culture, especially in the Okinawan dialect...
...book contains 250 proverbs although it can be safely estimated that there are found between 600 and 700 proverbs in the Okinawan dialect ... however these 250 include the most typical and popular...

Example: Chira kagi yaka chimu gukuru. - Kind hearts are better than fair faces.
One more: Yiti furimun samiti. - When drunk he becomes mad, when sober he repents.
Favorite: Buchi nu shicha niru yi. - A child under the rod will grow a good one. (in other words, spare the rod, spoil the child).

This is a book that fascinated me. It's essentially a treatise on the theological inroads made to the Ryukyu kingdom in the early days. We often hear or read of Commodore Perry who is credited with having opened Okinawa to the Western world. Perry indeed! The commodore was a relative late-comer to the island. Bettelheim and Forcade were leaps and bounds ahead of Perry when it came to knowing the Ryukyuans and their culture and politics.

This is one of the rare finds which have allowed me access to the English-language writings about pre-war Okinawa. Fascinating!

The more I've read about the pre-war history of Okinawa, including accounts of Christian missions to Ryukyu, I've come to recognize that Bettelheim, indeed one of the earliest visitors, was perhaps one of the least diplomatic, and one of the most offensive representatives of the Western world to wash ashore. For example, he would violently enter homes against the wishes of those who inhabited the home, literally breaking and entering, foist himself upon the shocked and frightened Okinawan family under the pretense of spreading the Word of God. His behavior got so bad that people would scatter, and word of his approach would spread throughout the village, whereupon parents would gather up their children and fortify their homes.

Small paper magazine presumably produced in 1946.

"This booklet is intended as a souvenir publication. It does not attempt to present a detailed history of the events which took place on Okinawa during that one year of 1 Apr, 1945 to 1 April, 1946. It simply includes certain highlights of the rapid-fire events of that year during which more history was made than in the combined centuries of Okinawa's ancient past..." (from the Foreword)

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I would like to tell you a story of how God plucked me up out of my comfort zone. How He whisked me across the Pacific to the tiny island of Okinawa for 10 adventure-packed weeks of student teaching. But this book is more than just a story. It attempts to depict the work God performed in my life in the short time I called that island "home".
Author's Introduction (in part)

Operation Iceberg is a masterwork of the oral history approach to telling a story. Astor ably edits and arranges the various oral accounts into a quick-paced, yet comprehensive account of a rather complex and important battle. Astor has collected inputs from Marines, Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen who were there and made victory possible. But the accounts would be nothing if they weren't arranged into a pattern that the reader could follow. Astor does that, and provides his own brief narrative to fill in any gaps that the oral accounts have left. As a result, the book becomes a text on the Battle for Okinawa and not just a collection of personal reminisces. (review at Amazon.com)

A Guide to Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum

Importance of Peace

In the last war, Okinawa Prefecture experienced one of the severest battles in history between the Japanese and the American forces, which resulted in the loss of over three hundred thousand human lives, involving many civilians. In the horror of the battle fields far beyond our imagination Okinawans were forced to find their own means of survival. Everywhere Okinawans were pushed into corners where many lost their lives.
In our profound realization of these historical facts, we have established the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum to commemorate the war dead and to remind Okinawans not to sacrifice themselves in that kind of war again, and to celebrate peace on earth.
On display at the Peace Memorial Museum are reminders of that battle, written "testimonies" about the war by the prefectural people. These are all on display to make visitors to the museum understand the significance of the Battle of Okinawa.
We firmly believe that it is the responsibility of those who experienced the war to tell the peoples of the world, especially the younger generations, about that war. We also believe that it is the only way to honor the dead who sacrificed their lives in the battle.
I sincerely hope that this guide book will be of help to you in undestanding the Battle of Okinawa and in realizing the importance of peace on the earth.

March, 1985
(signed)
Junji Nishime
Governor
Okinawa Prefecture

I bought this booklet at the museum and was very happy that I did becasue much of the testimony that the Governor refers to was not available in English.
These are indeed some heart-wrenching stories. A LOT of pain in just 43 pages.

Coffee-table magazine full of photos and personal accounts by those who served during WWII. A nice tribute and valuable addition to anyone's military history or, of course, Okinawa library. That said, there really isn't much about the Okinawa campaign but I include it anyway because it's such a nice publication and a great read.

A great insight from the point of view of a grunt sailor. Not your typical historical document, written by an admiral, general or committee of experts. Not written by a submarine commander, a bomber pilot or a soldier-turned-Senator. Here's a book written by a young "nobody" sailor who, knowing that it was against regulations, was driven anyway to maintain a daily journal. According to Edward L. Beach, Captain, USN, author of Run Silent, Run Deep, "It was contrary to Navy regs to keep a diary during World War II, but we are all gainers from James Fahey's violation of this rule. He wrote an extremely rare story, that of an ordinary sailor during the war, and because of him the world got an unusual view of it, and one of the best books about the war."

As I was reading this one I kept thinking about how routine, repetitive and mundane his life was. But when called to action, Man!, what a read.

A year-book style book containing many color and B&W photos with bi-lingual captions, depicting, as the title suggests, several scenes froma wide variety of plays and dances performed by Tamagawa students. A beautiful book, it is well-protected in its own hard cardboard sleeve.

Interestingly, this little pocketbook (145 pages) has imprinted on the 2nd page, For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25 D.C. Price 45 cents. I don't know if the GI had to pay 45 cents or if the services were responsible for that payment.

This is a neat little pocketbook though. Quite a bit of information for a newcomer. Chapters: Introduction; The Land; A Strategic Outpost; A Long, Checkered History; A Look at the Economy; A Democratic Government; Meet the People; Religious Faiths and Festivals (in 1961 it was okay for military personnel to officially recognize religion); Pastimes - Familiar and Otherwise; Getting Around; In Conclusion; and, Appendix. In the Appendix there are many useful phrases - essentially a primer of the language that the GI was about to be exposed to. Mostly "survival" phrases such as how to ask how much something costs, how to ask directions, etc.

A funny, but, oh, so typical aside: This pamphlet was intended for use by ALL U.S. service members but, the services being what they were (and to a great extent, still are) had to have their own designation for the same manual -
DoD (over-arching) - DoD Pam Army - DA PAM 20-196
Navy - NAVPERS 92822
AirF - AFP 34-3-23
USMC - NAVMC 2574
I just think that's funny. After growing up in the military and then serving over 20 years of my own, it still tickles me to see how everything has to be so ritualistically pigeon-holed!

See "A Pocket Guide to Okinawa (1961)" above.
Seven years later the booklet had been revised and reduced to 78 pages and a little map of the island had been added. The content was still pretty much the same - different presentations but fundamentally the same info.

And, of course, each service had to modify its name for the thing:
DoD now called it DoD PG-13A
Army - DA Pam 360-413 (Army and Air Force had to re-invent the wheel.)
Navy - NAVPERS 92822A (Wow! At least THEY kept the same basic designation!)
AirF - AFP 190-36 (I guess things like this was job security for 702X0s)
USMC - NAVMC 2574 (Rev.) (The Navy, which includes Marine Corps, is the only one that, to me, really made sense.)

Little pocket-size paperback magazine covering myriad topics and issues of the day.

Animals, Art, Battle of the Week, Books, Business, Columnist's QuotesCrime, Education, Entertainment, Fashion, Food, For Women Only, Good News, Health, Home Life, Labor, Male and Female, National News, Pictures of the Week, Predictions, Quick Quiz, Religion, Science, Sports, Vital Statistics, What They're Saying, and World News. (Whew!)

Quite a lot of material to cover in such a small book of only 64 pages. In the Pictures of the Week department are a couple of photos: One with flame throwing tank assaulting a Japanese position on Okinawa. The other, a photo with caption, In the stagnant silence of spring, 1950, that same island of Okinawa is a last resting place for hundreds of U.S. Army jeeps, stored fender to fender and left to rust away.

Nice little book that was probably very popular with commuters who didn't want to lug around a bulky full size magazine. On the back cover is an admonition to, Get Quick at your newsstand each Thursday and carry it in your pocket or your purse...and read it wherever you are.

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Bright, colorful photography on good shiny stock, this is a throw-away guide to various restaurants on Okinawa. 26 pages of eateries from McDonald's to ... Who Knows? It's all in Japanese. Oh, there is one other that includes English - the Grand Canyon Western Steak House. This was obviously intended to cater to Japanese, and probably those from the mainland. One page is great - full-page ad showing an 8-ounce bottle of Coca-Cola and the dated (1980s) slogan, I feel Coke. I loved those big billboards!

This monumental narrative history, told primarily from the Japanese viewpoint, traces the dramatic fortunes of modern Japan from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atom bomb. The Rising Sun not only reveals an enigmatic and aggressive people fighting for survival as a modern nation, but refutes many assumptions and misconceptions about the motivations of those in power as well as their conduct of the war.

One of a set of Time-Life history and photo essay books. A must have for history wonks who really like photos to boot! Chapter include: 1. Master Plan for Invasion. 2. Brutal Battle for Iwo Jima. 3. Bold Forrays by the Fleet. 4. Assault on Okinawa. 5. Ordeal by Kamikaze. 6. Ushijima's Savage Retreat.
Scores of excellent photography, well-captioned make this a great reader for fledgling-to-intermediate history buffs.

This is an interesting and factual piece which discusses, in 1975, tidbits of information regarding the Okinawan people, the geography, geology, archeology, bathymetry and numerous other aspects of the islands of the Nansai Group. Brief presentation of the early history of Okinawa's struggle with its dual allegiance to China and Japan, its trade and culture. McCune handles the traditional way of life and brings us into the 20th century with economic advancement, plotics and the development of tourism.
It's a fine primer for those who visit the islands of the Ryukyu Kingdom and who want an understandable foundation of knowledge about the islands. I like this book because of its clarity and brevity, avoiding in-depth treatment of interests that are available in more scholarly works for those of us who care to know more.

Booklet prepared by the Economics & Finance Department of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands.
April 1954

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31 page pamphlet provides an historical overview of operations on Okinawa. I don't know who was the target audience for this publication (Army War College?) but it's packed with information about thew Battle for Okinawa. In the introduction, it reads, in part:

This brochure was prepared in the U.S. Army Center of Military History by Arnold G. Fisch, Jr. I hope this absorbing account of that period will enhance your appreciation of American achievements during World War II.

GORDON R. SULLIVAN
General, United States Army
Chief of Staff

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Lloyd Gruver, a jet pilot ace in Korea, is sent back to Japan on a new assignment. The son of a General, his fiancee Eileen is the daughter of General Webster. There is a problem with Airman Kelly, who wants to marry a Japanese girl even though she would not be allowed to come to America. General Webster's wife disapproves of American soldiers accompanying Japanese girls; and the General's wife commands the General. Eileen wants a regular marriage, not spending years of loneliness as a stateside Officer's wife.
At Airman Kelly's wedding, Major Gruver learns the secret of Japanese women: they make their men feel important. Sometimes a Congressman will get a special bill passed to allow an American to bring his Japanese wife stateside. But American officialdom did everything to prevent these marriages. The story continues with Major Gruver learning more about Japanese culture - and a Japanese girl! [Little hints point to an oncoming tragedy.] Michener paints word-pictures of Japan that match his descriptions of islands in the South Pacific. In the end tradition and duty win out over love, for both Lloyd and Hana-ogi. The reader gets a brief glimpse into Japanese culture. (Review at amazon.com)

This is not a book about the Marine Corps. It's about Marines - the tough battle-trained troops that stormed the beaches at Bougainville, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa - in some of the bitterest and bloodiest fighting of World Was II. Here some of the survivors, from the perspective of time and age, recreate in more than one hundred interviews a personalized microcosm of the Pacific war experience - the comaraderie, the women, the loneliness, the fear - and the profound emotional as well as spiritual rewards.

Seven Stars collects the battle diaries of two starkly different generals from the World War II battles fought at Okinawa. Lieutenant General Buckner was a straight laced, clockwork-precision type who preferred to use artillery and tanks to reduce entrenched positions, while General Stilwell was a short-tempered outsider who disdained set-piece battles in favor of maneuver. In addition to presenting disparate views of history in each man's own words, editor Nicholas Sarantakes offers informed and informative explanations of crucial events referred to in the battle diaries, as well as glossaries of main characters and military terms. A welcome addition to military reference shelves and primary reference sources of the Pacific battles of World War II, and utterly involving for scholars of military science and lay readers alike, Seven Stars is very highly recommended reading for students of 20th Century Military History. (review Amazon.com)

Here is a delightful little soft cover book of beautiful color photos of Okinawan people, places, markets, country-side, city-scapes, military bases, flowers, crafts, dances - you name it! All are photographed by Junko Hirai. It is a mate to another book by the same publisher entitled Festivals of Okinawa Vol.3
Thus, I presume there to be another book of this 'set' of photos by the same person in a volume 1. Alas, I do not own that missing volume. There also may be volumes beyond these three.

Eighty-two pages, each with a single, brilliant color photograph and a brief caption - in Japanese.

This is a moving story of a ship on a picket line that survived kamikaze attacks - not all did. The USS Laffey did and so did her skipper and crew. Read of dedicated sailors, professional in every way, and how they were determined to stay afloat - and to win!

Signed by the author, this little book came as a real joy in reading. Having grown up and AF brat myself I am able to associate with so many things that the author expresses. As an added bonus, she even mentions me by name on page 130! Now you just can't beat that.

Anyone who grew up in the military, foreign service, civil service, or civilian occupation that required frequent or extended residence abraod will find something in the book that will evoke memories be they fear, elation, suspicion, or simple awe of foreign lands, customs and people.

A quick and easy read that will hold your interest throughout.

Excellent stories about operations on Okinawa - headline "Okinawa Battle Ends"
I am not providing the entire issue but have selected salient articles wth an entertaining mix of comic strips, cartoons and advertisments. It's 1945 and you'd think someone would be daffy to complain (then) about prices!
"Stilwell To Head 10th Army As Slain Buckner's Successor"
"Jap On Winged Bomb Blasts U. S. Warship"
Corn Flakes, 18 ounce box, 13 cents
"All Organized Fighting Over, Nimitz Says"
"Casualties Of U.S. Rise To 1,023,453"
Our Boarding House, cartoon by Major Hoople
lots more... [Read the St. Paul Dispatch]

This book, written by Ernie's closest friend, is his story as he would have wanted it told, directly and simply, without distortion and abiding strictly by the facts - the tribute of one newspaperman to another. It contains a good deal of Pyle's private correspondence, to his friends and bosses, and especially to his wife, "That Girl," with whom love was strong enough to withstand perhaps the most tragic stress to which a marriage can be subjected. This body of hitherto unpublished Pyle writings gives special interest to the book. (from flap)

One of a careful study of child rearing within six widely divergent cultures Taira is ethnologically compared with small towns and villages in Mexico, Kenya, Kalapur (India), New England (USA) and the Philippines.

There is quite a bit of information detailing typical life in a small Okinawan village that is of general interest. The reader is taken through stages of the physical setting, the basic economy, property, political organization and social controls, social organization; courtship, marriage and sex; Religion, disease and medical practice, formal education and recreation.

What follows the ethnological discussions of Okinawan society are the fundamentals of child-rearing: pregnancy and childbirth, infancy, weaning, kindergarten, first grade, and latency. An interesting read although it does delve into esoterica to a degree that may vanquish the casual reader.

...the late Shoshin Nagamine's ground-breaking work, recounts the legacy and the life histories of Okinawa's greatest martial artists. In addition to profiles of the legendary tegumi wrestlers, Nagamine-sensei features many of the world's great karate masters, including the founders of the core styles from which modern karate sprang. Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters corrects historical inaccuracies surrounding Okinawan martial arts and brings alive the greatest of the great masters.

A fascinating journey - rich in humor and insight - an evocative exploration of cultural identity by a woman caught between the traditions of her Japanese immigrant family and the values of her American world. During a childhood of ethnic isolation in upstate New York, Minatoya listens to the stories of her parents' pasts. These are astonishing and poignant tales from the silk-and-shadow world of a samurai family, tales of immigration and internment, tales or psychological dislocation and spiritual transcendence.

John Patrick's hilarious story of some of the difficulties faced by the American Army in its occupation of Okinawa made a clean sweep of the year's major drama awards and won both the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1953-54 New York Critics Circle Award for the best American play.

Tennozan offers a stunning account of the Battle of Okinawa, the last major campaign of World War II and the largest land-sea-air engagement in history. In examining the disastrous of three disparate cultures - American, Japanese, and Okinawan - the book provides an unforgettable picture of men at war and also the context for understanding one of the most ominous events of (the Twentieth) century: the decision to drop the atom bomb.
TENNOZAN - A site where a sixteenth-century Japanese ruler staked his entire fate on a single battle. It has come to mean any decisive struggle.

This is a 97-page work by the man who, at time of publication, was the governor of Okinawa Prefecture. Nifty brief overview of the battle with lots of photos. Three years later though, Mr Ota published a much longer, more in-depth book on the same topic, The Battle of Okinawa: the Typhoon of Steel and Bombs. I am delighted to have both in my Library.

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What began as mimeographed pages of information provided to those who went on Army Service Club Tours evolved into this more permanent publication, a paperback loaded with information relative to the many tours conducted by the club.

This book is a chronological record of events, impressions and personal experiences, based on a reproduction of the author's original data, confiscated by the Japanese police, on his dispatches to the New York Times, and on his memory, on which all of these things have been indelibly engraved by six months of Japanese police inquisition and by his own reflections during solitary confinement.

Review from back cover: The journey begins in a small town in New York State. In 1966, Sam "Slim" Scanlon was a 17-year-old with not a care in the world, hair "as long as Jesus," and on his way to the world of retail after college. He soon discovers that life can change suddenly and for him it's two things: "Thumper" and the draft. He finds himself at Parris Island, South Carolina on yellow footprints painted on the ground -- United States Marine Corps boot camp. After thirteen weeks of rough and tough training, Slim transforms into a lean, mean, fightin' Marine who feels he can do anything!
And continues across the U.S. to California, then Vietnam and Okinawa.
As the years pass, Slim's career in the Marines becomes his life. He learns about war, peace, love, and especially hate. Through his travels and duty stations, he dreams of retirement at home ... in Okinawa, Japan with his wife and two children. But first he must find the answer to his.... "TORMENT"

How to converse, dine, tip, drive, bargain, dress, make friends, and conduct business while in Asia. Includes information for Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore. New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand.

A competent popularized battle narrative that fails to capture the magnitude of suffering and carnage that took place on Okinawa. A better history encompassing the human dimension is Tennozan: the Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb. It is a gripping apocolyptic description of this greatest of all Pacific War battles - one that dwarfed Iwo Jima, Tarawa and Peleliu combined. (review at amazon.com, edited)

Wide variety of newsreel from the National Archives focusing on wartime footage and the post-combat years.
A treasure trove of Okinawa videos! [See them HERE]

Full title: Narrative of a Voyage, in His Majesty's Late Ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea, Along the Coast of Corea and Through its Numerous Hitherto Undiscovered Islands, to the Island of Lewchew; with an Account of Her Shipwreck in the Straits of Gaspar. This is the Narrative of the expedition (February 1816 - August 1817) of the British Naval ships the Alceste and the Lyra under the command of Captain Murray Maxwell to transport the Lord Amherst's Embassy to China and explore the relatively little known East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. The book contains extensive sections on visits to China, Korea, Okinawa (Lew Chew) and St Helena.
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Digital text in PDF format.
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Although not having anything to do with Okinawa (Loo Choo) as in Hall's Volume 1, I'll offer his Volume 2 and Volume 3 just for completeness.
Vol 2 - on the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico in the years 1820, 1821, 1822
Vol 3 - on the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico in the years 1820, 1821, 1822

The War Against Japan is the U. S. Army's Official Pictorial Record of the Asian and Pacific campaigns of World War II. It contains nearly 600 of the most dramatic photographs featuring all branches of the U.S. armed forces and even contains a number from Japanese archives. Specially selected by Army historians to show important terrain features, types of equipment and weapons, living and weather conditions, military operations, and details of life in the front lines, these photgraphs reveal every aspect of the U.S. serviceman's unforgettable experience. The War Against Japan depicts training in Hawaii, Australia, and New Caledonia; defeat in the Philippines; the assaults of Iwo Jima and Okinawa; and the operation of the supply line to China through India and Burma. It provides, as only such a comprehensive photgraphic volume can, an intimate understanding of the war from the combatant's perspective.

For the ten men whose true stories are related in this extraordinary inside account of World War II, that war was a private affair. From Hawaii to Okinawa, they fought the enemy - but their campaign against army discipline was even more absorbing. They brought humor, strategy, and stubborn individualism to bear in a continuous engagement against authority.

PFC Stephen Prosniac became a hero because he was a kleptomaniac. PVT William Hackleford won four purple hearts and a court-martial for a wound in his big toe...

This is a provocative study, with some insights into how the Chinese and Japanese view each other and their respective views on the west. The broader theme is that "human nature can be shockingly dark." The early chapters describe Japan's military history. Next, came a litany of bad behavior by European and American troops during the "boxer rebellion." He sights this as one of the reasons Japan's military stopped following International law. Thus becoming scornful of both the western barbarians and their Chinese victims. The book is well documented with a fine bibliography. But, there are errors and it is sparse on much of Japan's military history before the boxer rebellion. Nevertheless, it was worth reading for its different slant on the subject. It leaves the reader with this? If Japan was a responsible military power once, why can't it be one again? After reading it I felt he was apologizing for Japan's unspeakable crimes during WW2.

The text of this book represents (the author's) own approach to the illustrious history of karate. Like so many of the formal history studies that we have had to plod through at one time or another during our lives, this book is not intended to be an encyclopedic and linear presentation. This book is the first to deal exclusively with the lives of the Okinawan greats. Through the stories depicting the lives of these Okinawan masters, we are better equipped to see how that particular society molded the type of martial art which we study with such fascination today.

206 page, comprehensive guide intended for new arrivals. Loaded with advertising. Has the usual DoD disclaimer statement. No copyright information found.

Introduction: Welcome to Okinawa
... the purpose of Welcome Okusan is to acquaint newcomers with the history and culture of Okinawa and the organizations of the international civilian community and to help them settle into the military community by informing them of the U.S. Government's services and facilities..."
That was a really long sentence!

20-page soft bound magazine quality reference. Content is typical of almost all of the "throw away" mags welcoming folks to a new location. No advertising though. Has a couple of maps; Kadena Air Base and MCAS Futenma. Lots of stock photos.

Inspiring story of Christian faith and commitment in a remote part of the globe by Dr. W. Gordon Ross. Here is a powerful little book (137 pages) that is a very quick read and amply rewarding! Doctor Ross focuses on the life and ideology of a single old Okinawan man from the little village of Shimabuku - Mr. Shosei Kina - a teacher, community leader, Karate expert, and Christian. This is no Bible-thumping sermon between the covers - instead it's a poignant treatment of one man's admiration for the goodness of another - an admiration that is cause for the author's return again to Okinawa. Historical references are largely drawn from Kerr (Okinawa: The History of an Island People) and from Nichols & Shaw (Okinawa, Victory in the Pacific).

Account of (author's) World War II experiences in training and in combat with Company K, 3d Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division during the Peleliu and Okinawa campaigns. I can't do justice to this book by trying to explain it. It's written by E. B. "Sledgehammer" Sledge who was a ground-pounding Marine who lived and fought through the entire Battle for Okinawa. It's not a history, per se, of the Okinawa operation but instead is a mesmerizing narrative about the events as they happened. Once read, there's no way that you'll not respect, appreciate and cry for those guys who went through the hell of the Battle for Okinawa.

Afterword by Masahide Ota (former governor of Okinawa Prefecture)
In conversations with Ruth Ann Keyso, nine Okinawan women reflect on life on a garrison island: on relations with mainland Japan; on their dreams and ambitions; on Japanese treatment of ethnic minorities; on the changing role of women in Japanese and in Okinawan society; and on the drawbacks and pleasures of living side-by-side with U.S. military personnel and their families.

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Chronological account of the GI's war, as written, photgraphed, and sketched by GIs for YANK, The Army Weekly. It is not an anthology. For that reason some of the staff members of YANK who did outstanding work are not represented in these pages.

Here's a book about Americans of Japanese ancestry who served secretly in the Pacific, wielding a weapon unique to war - language!
They shortened that conflict by at least two years, saving over 1,000,000 lives, but the Pentagon sat on their story for nearly three decades. Only scraps of it were known until author Harrisngton began digging.
The story is told, as with Harrington's other books - "in the words of the men who lived it." He reveals how Nisei turned the tide of battle on Okinawa, how they gave the U.S. Navy the greatest victory in its history, and other secrets. (review from flap)

This is a detailed account of the voyage of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's "black ships" to Japan in 1853. Booth locates the voyage in the context of American trade with China; steamships headed for China required a ready supply of coal, which Japan possessed, in order to take advantage of the most direct routes to the Chinese mainland. In addition, he conveys Perry's sense that American interests had to establish a foothold in Asia in order to compete with British imperialism. Booth's handling of this story is uneven, as at times he writes engagingly and at other times seems bogged down by detail. Overall, however, it is worthwhile reading as it fully conveys the complexity of this venture, as well as the personalities of the American and Japanese officials. This is a book for those with a particular interest in this subject. (review by M. Feldman)

Though not a book about Okinawa, anyone who has served anywhere in Japan should appreciate and relate to this fun read.
Bernadette "Bernie" Root, military brat, speaks. She has never really noticed what a peculiar bunch bunch of nomads her eight-member Air Force family is (with the exception of her Post Princess sister, Kit), until the summer after her first year of college when she joins them at their new assignment: Kadena Air Base, Okinawa.
A brilliantly appealing novel whose energy, wit and feeling have won for it extraordinary advance praise.

This is a copy of the uncorrected proof of the eventually-published book as described above.

I would not recommend using any of the terms or phrases discussed in this book without first bouncing them off a few native Japanese speakers. I suggest this because you run the risk of sounding like a total fool if you try some of these phrases out on strangers. Problems: First, the author does not point out that many of the phrases used in the book would only be used by women or school girls (if you want to appear effeminate, use these terms recklessly). In addition to this, many of the expressions discussed are terribly outdated. (reviewed at Amazon.com)

Samples:
Ototoi koi (Bug off!) literally "disappear yesterday!"
Kenka uten noka? (You lookin' for a fight?")
Yoake no hohi issho ni shitai. (Let's have morning coffee - in other words, Let's spend the night together)
And there are plenty of other words and phrases that I choose not to include here.

Beautiful hardbound volume containing a wealth of B&W photos of post-war Okinawa. Amazing scenes that rival those of Blackie the Photographer.

If someone who sees this can recognize/translate, please give me as much information as you can about this book. I'd love to be able to give credit that is well-deserved.
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Great little hard-cover book is 271 pages of excellent black & white photos with text and captions in Japanese. The first eight photos are colorized. The book appears to be entirely photos of pre-war Okinawa depicting their architecture and culture. Very interesting and I truly regret being unable to read it.

If someone who sees this can recognize/translate, please give me as much information as you can about this book.
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Japanese magazine quality book about Emperor Hirohito that hit the stands within hours of the report of the emperor's demise. A well-spent 800 yen and I'd have gladly paid another 800 if there were any English-language captions or text. But, after all, this is a Japanese magazine.

I'm still adding to this listing, so come around again in a few days and you'll find more.

After I get everything listed I'm going to start getting more stuff posted so that you can read more - the stuff that isn't copyright protected, that is.

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