During the Battle of Motobu Peninsula in the Battle of Okinawa in the Pacific War, an American soldier shot dead a Japanese soldier with a .45-caliber pistol during a nighttime raid, and his bloody body lay on his back in the street.

　　During the Battle of Motobu Peninsula in the Battle of Okinawa in the Pacific War, an American soldier shot dead a Japanese soldier with a .45-caliber pistol during a nighttime raid, and his bloody body lay on his back in the street. Behind him, American soldiers surrounded the body of another Japanese soldier and performed an autopsy.

　On April 7, 1945, the U.S. Army's 29th Marines invaded Motobu Peninsula, located in a deep bend jutting west from the main island of Okinawa. The interior of Motobu Peninsula rose on a series of rocky ridges and ravines of Yaedake, the highest point of which was nearly 452 m. Until April 11, Japanese mortars and machine guns opened fire from high ground, and from April 13, American forces formulated a plan of attack on the Yaedake positions under orders to destroy the remaining enemy forces in Motobu. on April 14, On April 14, the U.S. forces advanced eastward toward Yaedake and encountered Japanese machine gun and rifle fire.

　On April 15, the Marines entered the final attack position and attacked from the left (north) and east of the American positions west of Yaedake, over the ridge below the high ground. After a sharp exchange of fire, the U.S. Marines seized the ridge. by nightfall on April 15, the Americans had entrenched along the curved ridge facing Yaedake. by dawn on April 16, the 4th Marines, supported by planes, artillery and naval guns, invaded the steep slope of Yaedake. by late afternoon on April 16, U.S. By late afternoon of April 16, the U.S. forces had secured the summit and the Japanese defenders were either killed or scattered. On the other ridges of Yaedake, heavy mortar and artillery fire defended the American forces, and at 6:50 p.m. on April 16, the final Japanese assault came from outside the Kiyosuetai camp shelters, killing about 100 Japanese.

　 During the Battle of Hombu Peninsula, they counted over 2,500 dead Japanese bodies and captured about 46 prisoners of war. American losses were 236 dead, 1,061 wounded, and 7 missing. Japanese resistance was greatest in northern Okinawa, near the Motobu Peninsula. The Marines drove the Japanese forces through Motobu Peninsula and isolated them near the ridge of Yaedake, where the Marines eliminated the Japanese by April 18.