landing force
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A sharpshooter, he was part of the landing force on Okinawa Beach, the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater.
Miraculously, at 1940 hours, only 30 minutes late, the first echelon of the landing force began to get underway.
Amongst the 180,000-strong initial landing force of the 10 Tank Battalion—equipped with diesel-engine M4A2 and gas-powered M4A3 tanks respectively—and eight Army tank battalions.
Similarly, illumination rounds (flares) which were used to light up the battlefield at night were initially provided by ships, shifting over later to landing force artillery.
The four-point star in the "V" identifies the four functions of the landing force, and sustain their operations ashore.
It took until 8 am before the landing force was actually ready to land.