Above: Okinawa, Japan, May 1945. U.S. Marine Corps' Corsair fighter-bombers sit on the flight line at Yontan Airfield, with allied anti-aircraft fire in the background. The largest air, land, and sea battle in history continued until 22 June 1945. Okinawa, the final combat of World War II, was the deadliest and most costly battle in U.S. Navy history. Photograph licensed to WW2 History Network.

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