The Snapshots in Time Collection
Marine Tank Crew Observes Flame-Thrower Assault on Japanese Position, Okinawa, 1945
Marines atop an M4 Sherman tank watch as flame-thrower units burn out a fortified Japanese position on Okinawa, 1945. Flame-thrower tanks were decisive weapons in the brutal cave-and-ridge fighting of the Okinawa campaign, one of the costliest battles of the Pacific war. Project: 218500