Original Item. Only One Available. The Battle of Okinawa (Japanese: 沖縄戦, Hepburn: Okinawa-sen), codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. The initial invasion of Okinawa on 1 April 1945 was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Kerama Islands surrounding Okinawa were preemptively captured on 26 March 1945 by the U.S. Army 77th Infantry Division. The 82-day battle on Okinawa lasted from 1 April 1945 until 22 June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were planning to use Kadena Air Base on the island as a staging point for Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands, 340 mi (550 km) away.

This is a great shadowbox measuring 2 ¼ x 12 x 15” which contains a myriad of relics excavated on the island of Okinawa. They include:

- Three .50 Caliber rounds on original links, two of which are connected, with cartridges. One cartridge is red-tipped.
- Three smaller cartridges, possibly .30-06. One has some residue still attached.
- One small cartridge shell. 
- Three cartridge projectiles, loose. 
- Small jar purportedly with sand from the island.
- Small button covered in oxidation.
- Small metal plate, likely aluminum.
- Very small unidentified piece of metal, maybe copper or bronze.

There is no hanging wire so this is meant to lay flat. Ready for display.