Okinawa Campaign

The CWS contracted for the manufacture of 1,000 recoilless mortars, 100 of the weapons being completed before the end of the war. Recoilless mortars reached the Tenth Army in the Pacific theater in time for the Okinawa campaign, but otherwise they were produced too late for battle... 

Kanaya, Y., Matsumoto, J., Kato, S., and Akimoto, H. Behavior of OH and HO2 radicals during the Observations at a Remote Island of Okinawa (ORION99) field campaign 2. Comparison between observations and calculations, J. Geophys. Res.-A., 106,24209-24223,2001. 

Rpt, XXIV Corps, Ryulcyus Campaign, i Apr 45, dated 50 Jun 4j, Incl to Barker to CCWS, 28 Sep 4y, Rpt, Visit to Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. CWS 314.7 Observer Rpts. 

In preparing for the campaigns of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Navy in the Pacific received technical assistance from members of the Amphibious Smoke Committee. Capt, N. F. Chamberlain, CWS, and three naval officers of the committee reported to the Commander, Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, on 5 November 1944 for... 

CWS-trained Navy crewmen manned a total of 60 LCI(M) s which supported Tenth Army in the Ryukyus Campaign. Six days before the main assault of Okinawa, two 6-boat mortar groups supported the diversionary effort against Kerama Retto made by the 77th Infantry... 

Okinawa was the last battle of the war and one of the hardest. Conducted by Tenth Army on the very doorstep of Japan, it was to involve more CWS equipment than any other Pacific campaign. Each of the four Army divisions of XXIV Corps had 141 portable flame throwers each of the three Marine divisions of III Amphibious Corps had 243, the same number as had been taken to Iwo Jima. The 713 th Tank Battalion, converted to a provisional flame thrower unit for the operation, received a complement of 34 POA main armament flame throwers. ... 

CARTWHEEL The Reduction of Rabaul Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls Campaign in the Marianas The Approach to the Philippines Leyte The Return to the Philippines Triumph in the Philippines Okinawa The Last Battle Strategy and Command The First Two Years The Mediterranean Theater of Operations... 

One hundred and seventy-six of these were completed for the Tenth Army. They were on hand for the Okinawa and Iwo Jima campaigns, but they were not used extensively because Hawaiian-produced main armament flame throwers, preferred for their large fuel capacity and greater range, were also available for these battles. ... 

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