Njengoba kunikezwe lokhu kubhekiselwa eMpini yase-Okinawa phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, wawuyini umehluko phakathi kwe-US (77th Infantry Division) kanye nezisulu zaseJapane nabalimele?
Context:Impi yasemhlabathini yathatha izinsuku ezingaba ngu-81 kusukela ngo-April 1, 1945. Abokuqala baseMelika abafika ogwini babengamasosha e-77th Infantry Division afika eziQhingini zaseKerama, 15 mi (24 km) entshonalanga ye-Okinawa ngoMashi 26. Kwabe sekulandela okunye ukufika, futhi iqembu laseKerama lavikeleka ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ezalandela. Kulezi zenzo zokuqala, i-77th Infantry Division yalahlekelwa abantu abangu-27 kwalimala abangu-81, kuyilapho amaJapane abulawa futhi athunjwa abalelwa ngaphezu kuka-650. Lo msebenzi wanikeza indawo evikelekile yokumisa imikhumbi yemikhumbi futhi waqeda usongo lwezikebhe zokuzibulala.
Umehluko wawuba ngu-542