Printed Sources:
Appleman, Roy E., Burns, James M., Gugeler, Russell A., Stevens, John. Okinawa: The Last Battle. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1960.
also: http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Okinawa/index.html
Belote, James and William. Typhoon of Steel: The Battle for Okinawa. New York: Harper & Row, 1970
Gow, Ian. Okinawa 1945 Gateway to Japan. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985.
Nichols, Maj. Chas. S. Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific. Washington D.C.: U.S. Governement Printing Office, 1955,
Journals:
Megan Tzeng. "The Battle of Okinawa, 1945: Final Turning Point in the Pacific," The History Teacher November 2000 http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/34.1/tzeng.html> (30 Apr. 2007)
Internet:
Hammel, Eric. "Battle of Okinawa: Operation Iceberg".
http://www.historynet.com/air_sea/amphibious_operations/3035101.html
Originally appeard in the World War II Magazine: June 2005
Lacey, Laura. "Battle of Okinawa". Military History Online.
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/okinawa/default.aspx
Published: April 13, 2003
Pictures from ouside sources:
1. View of Okinawa:
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/okinawa/chapter1.htm
2. Map of 6th Marine Division area captured
http://www.sixthmarinedivision.com/images/MapOki_lg.jpg
3. Battle Map of Okinawa
http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/WWII/06/p6/RMH/Images/okinaw.jpg
Front page backgroud courtesy of the INDC Journal Archives
http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/okinawa.jpg
