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War memorial at the southern Okinawan site where Lt. Gen. Simon G. Buckner Jr. was killed (one of the markers is on the exact site). His death took place in the closing days of the campaign; he was watching an attack on Ibaru Ridge in the southern part of the island a few miles from the coast.

War memorial at the southern Okinawan site where Lt. Gen. Simon G. Buckner Jr. was killed (one of the markers is on the exact site). His death took place in the closing days of the campaign; he was watching an attack on Ibaru Ridge in the southern part of the island a few miles from the coast.

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