Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Book I
1 Operation Heaven Number One 3
2 American Participants 26
3 Japanese Participants 33
4 Okinawa 43
5 From Manchuria to Okinawa 58
6 Early Damage 66
7 Japanese Leadership 72
8 The Boys in the Pacific 78
9 Final Japanese Preparations 90
Book II
10 The Landing 99
11 The North 114
12 Civilians Flee 124
13 Ruriko Morishita, Nurse's Aide 139
14 Kojo Returns 144
15 Kamikazes 149
16 The Shuri Line 175
17 Sugar Loaf Hill 190
18 Close Combat 211
Book III
19 Kojo at the Shuri Line 265
20 Ushijima Abandons the Shuri Line 288
21 South from the Shuri Line 298
22 Civilian Suffering 331
23 Young Okinawans Hold to Their Duty 346
24 Mopping Up 355
25 American Atrocities 361
26 The Military Toll 376
Book IV
27 Expiration of the 32nd Army 391
28 The Civilian Toll 403
29 The Atomic Bombs 410
30 Aftermath 431
Afterword 463
Bibliography 472
Chronology 482
Index 488