sul supporto primario, verso: ROME, 6/5/45--WOUNDED U.S. MARINE HELPED TO REAR--A WOUNDED U.S. MAR-/ INE, HIS CLOTHING BLOWN FROM HIS BACK BY A JAPANESE MORTAR SHELL, IS/ HELPED BY A COMPANION TO A MEDICAL AID STATION AT THE REAR OF THE/ FIGHTING LINES ON OKINAWA. MAIN ISLAND IN THE RYUKYU (LOOCHOO) CHAIN./ THE AMERICANS LANDED ON OKINAWA, 375 MILES (600 KMS.) FROM JAPAN, ON/ MARCH 31, 1945, AND THREE WEEKS LATER CONTROLLED THREE QUARTERS OF THE/ ISLAND. BY JUNE 4, THE JAPANESE WERE BEING PRESSED BACK RELENTLESSLY/ ALL ALONG THE FIGHTING LINE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER (SOUTHERN PORTION)/ AS THE U.S. TROOPS TRIED TO ENVELOP THE LAST 15,000 TO 20,000 JAPAN-/ ESE TROOPS. -FMC PHOTO--SERVICED BY ROME OWI (A LIST OUT). APPROVED/ BY APPROPRIATE MILITARY AUTHORITY. 6587