Was stationed in Oki for a spell while I "took a knee" from the tactical side. Learned a lot about the battle for Oki ... tough fight, very tough fight. All the old Okinawans love American soldiers because they remember how horrible the Japanese soldiers were to them. They felt 'liberated' by the US once they realized we were nothing like what the Japanese said we would be like. Many Okinawan citizens jumped off cliffs (with their children in arm) to commit suicide instead of becoming an American prisoner because of the fear that was spread about us. Really really sad **** went down on the island.