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In all, Tenth Army suffered 65,631 casualties during the campaign, with 34,736 being suffered by XXIV Corps, 26,724 by III Amphibious Corps, 520 to the tactical air force attached to Tenth Army, 2,636 to the Army garrison forces of Okinawa and
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The Army had over 102,000 soldiers (of these 38,000+ were non-divisional artillery, combat support and HQ troops, with another 9,000 service troops), over 88,000 Marines and 18,000 Navy personnel (mostly
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Okinawa turned out to be the only campaign that Tenth Army would take part in during World War II. It was earmarked to take part in
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instead of Taiwan. As a result, the Tenth Army did not have an operational assignment until the invasion of Okinawa in April 1945.
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and medical personnel). At the start of Battle of Okinawa, Tenth Army had 182,821 men under its command.
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Sloan, Bill: The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945 – The Last Epic Struggle of World War II, p. 319
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on 23 June. Stilwell commanded the Tenth Army until it was disbanded on 15 October 1945.
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Seven Stars, The Okinawa Battle Diaries of Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. and Joseph Stilwell
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Marine divisions). The Tenth Army was unique among field armies in that it had its own
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from its activation on 20 June 1944 until he was killed by enemy artillery fire on
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was selected to succeed General Buckner as commander of the Tenth Army.
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Command and Control of the U.S. Tenth Army during the Battle of Okinawa
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General Roy S. Geiger, USMC: Marine Aviator, Joint Force Commander
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The headquarters of the Tenth Army was formed in June 1944 at
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Air University, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
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Index


United States
United States Army
Regular Army
Field army
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Battle of Okinawa
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Roy Geiger
USMC
Joseph Stilwell
Oliver P. Smith
Flag

army
Pacific War
World War II
U.S. Army
U.S. Marine Corps
Pearl Harbor
Taiwan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Lieutenant General
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Okinawa
Major General

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