Japanese soldiers and civilians who surrendered to the U.S. 6th Marine Division are held behind barbed wire in a village on Okinawa, 1945. As organized Japanese resistance collapsed in the final weeks of the battle, mass surrenders like this one became increasingly common, with U.S. Marine military police tasked with securing and processing large numbers of captives, a stark contrast to the fierce fighting that characterized much of the 82-day campaign, one of the costliest of the Pacific War. Project: 218500