Us Official Photographs

Okinawa capital ruined

OKINAWA'S RUINED CAPITAL - Pulverized by incessant bombardment Naha, Okinawa presented this desolate air view as Tenth Army troops swept toward the northern tip of the island. Straddled by the city is the Naha estuary which will be used an an important naval center from which to launch further strikes against the Japanese homeland. It is now clogged with sunken hulks and charred debris, testimony of the effectiveness of American weapons. The island in the center connected by causeways is Oayama.