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An M4 Sherman with the army’s 763rd Tank Battalion—accompanied by troops from the 96th Infantry Division—blasts its way through an Okinawa minefield on April 6, 1945. (National Archives)
An M4 Sherman with the army’s 763rd Tank Battalion—accompanied by troops from the 96th Infantry Division—blasts its way through an Okinawa minefield on April 6, 1945. (National Archives)