No matter how one measured it, Okinawa had been a singularly harrowing battle. American casualties (including naval, air, and ground) were the highest for any amphibious fight in the Pacific—49,151, including 12,520 killed or missing and 36,361 wounded. The Tenth Army had 7,613 killed and about 31,000 wounded. Among the dead was General Buckner, killed by an artillery strike on June 18, the highest-ranking U.S. military officer lost to enemy fire in World War II.
