Military Photo of the Day: Watching Their Troops

By Shannon Henderson Published on May 19, 2018

Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., Lemuel C. Shepherd, and William T. Clement, Okinawa, 22 May 1945

The caption on this photograph reads “Watching Their Troops β€” As the Marines drive toward the capital city of Naha, leaders watch the action from an observation post on a rocky ledge. They are, (left to right): Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., commanding the Tenth Army; Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd, commanding general of the Sixth Marine Division, and his assistant commander, Marine Brigadier General William T. Clement.”
From the Photograph Collection (COLL/3948), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections

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