Approximately 12,000 or more U.S. servicemen died either in the capture of Okinawa Island or on board ships exposed to kamikaze attacks. The bodies of many American soldiers were buried in mass graves.

   Approximately 12,000 or more U.S. servicemen died either in the capture of the island of Okinawa or on ships exposed to kamikaze attacks. Combined, the dead and wounded numbered approximately 72,000, a number nearly equal to the trained defensive strength of the Japanese Army of 76,000 men.

   U.S. soldiers buried the corpses of many U.S. soldiers in mass graves. Before burial, the bodies were wrapped in white rags and carried on stretchers to the mass graves. After the burials, a number of crosses would be placed.