The Twilight Warriors (3 page)

APRIL 16
Intrepid
struck by kamikaze, withdraws from Okinawa.

APRIL 16–21
77th Infantry Div. captures Ie Shima.

APRIL 18
Ernie Pyle killed on Ie Shima.

APRIL 20
6th Marine Div. secures Motobu Peninsula.

APRIL 27–28
Kikusui
No. 4.

MAY 3–4
Kikusui
No. 5.

MAY 4–6
Japanese counterattack in southern Okinawa.

MAY 10–11
Kikusui
No. 6.

MAY 11
Bunker Hill
hit by two kamikazes, out of the war.

MAY 23–25
Kikusui
No. 7.

MAY 17
Vice Adm. Turner relieved by Vice Adm. Harry Hill.

MAY 27
Spruance and Mitscher relieved by Halsey and McCain.

MAY 27–29
Kikusui
No. 8.

MAY 30–JUNE 4
Japanese 32nd Army withdraws to southern positions on Okinawa.