okinawa

Air Evacuation of wounded solidiers began in WW2, this is the story of Jane Kendeigh, the first US-Navy Flight Nurse on Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945 while fighting was still going on: US-Navy Flight Nurse, first on Iwo Jima and Okinawa 1945

Check this out... USMC photographer David Douglas Duncan rode in this converted drop tank on two occasions. June 13 and June 15, 1945 to photograph USMC Corsairs attacking Japanese position on Okinawa. The pilot is Major Ed h. Taylor, commnder, 28th Photo-Recon Squadron and the plane is a...