Today in World War II History—April 2, 1945
Thursday, April 2, 2020 by Sarah Sundin
75 Years Ago—April 2, 1945: US Tenth Army reaches the east coast on Okinawa, dividing the island.
On Okinawa, US opens Yontan and Kadena airfields for emergency and reconnaissance use; first aircraft lands at Yontan, a Marine Corps OY observation aircraft.