US Army XXIV Corps on Okinawa, April 1945 (US Army Center of Military History)
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.
