- 1 Tenth Army Transl No. 182, 23 Jun 45; No. 199, 1 Jul 45; No. 264, 12
Jul 45.
2 7th Div G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 10. 11 Apr 45.
3 Ibid.
4 The account of operations of the 96th Division is based on Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div History, Pts.
I and II, and 96th Div G-2 and G-3 Periodic Rpts for the period 4-14 Apr 45.
5 7th Div G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 10, 11 Apr 45: 32d Army Combat Instructions, 5 Apr 45.
6 The account of operations of the 7th Division is based on Gugeler, 7th Div History, pp. 36-57; Tenth Army Int Monograph, Pt.
I, Sec. C, Ch II: Japanese Defense of the Pinnacle (prepared in part by Lt Gugeler); 7th Div G-2 and G-3 Periodic Rpts for the period
4-14 Apr 45.
7 See Francis L. Hawks, Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan (Washington,
18-56), pp. 167-69.
8 Tenth Army Int Monograph, Pt 1, Sec B: Japanese Order of Battle, p. 9; XXIV Corps G-2 Summary No. 4,
12 Apr 45; XXIV Corps PW Interrog Rpt No. 54, 6 May 45.
9 Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div History, Pt II, pp. 25-26.
10 See 711th Tank Bn (7th Div) Actn Rpt, pp. 7-9.
11 Incl to 7th Div G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 10, 11 Apr 45.
12 7th Div G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 62, 1 Jun 45.
13 XXIV Corps G-3 Periodic Rpt No. 9, 9 Apr 45.
14 383d Inf (96th Div) FO No.21, 8 Apr 45.
15 1st Bn, 383d Inf, Unit Jnl, Entry No. 5, 9 Apr 45.
16 383d Inf Jnl, Msg No. 8, 9 Apr 45.
17 96th Div FO No. 14, 3 Apr 45; FO No. 15, 7 Apr 45.
18 3834 Inf Jnl, Msg No. 9, 9 Apr 45.
19 383d Inf Jnl, Msg No. 24, 9 Apr 45.
20 Tenth Army GO No. 104, 23 Jun 45.
21 383d Inf Jnl, Msg No. 16, 9 Apr 45.
22 96th Div FO No. 16, 9 Apr 45.
23 383d Inf Jnl, Msg Nos. 18 and 19, 10 Apr 45 .
24 7th Div G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 23, 23 Apr 45.
25 7th Div Actn Rpt, pp. 49-50; 184th Inf Actn Rpt, pp. 12-13; 32d Inf Actn Rpt, pp.
10-12; XXIV Corps G-3 Periodic Rpes Nos. 9-14, 9-14 Apr 45.
26 Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div History, Pt. I, pp. 41-42, 49-55; 96th Div Actn Rpt, pp.
11-23; 382d Inf Actn Rpt, pp. 2-4.
27 Tenth Army Transl No. 265, 12 Jul 45: 32d Army Ord No. 146, 9 Apr 45.
28 Tenth Army Int Monograph, Pt. I, Sec. D, Ch. I: Artillery, p. 2; XXIV Corps G-2 Summary No.
5, 17 Apr 45, PP. 5-6.
29 XXIV Corps G-2 Summary No. 9, 15 May 45: JOB Summary.
30 Tenth Army PW Interrog Rpt No. 28 (cited hereafter as Interrog Yahara), 6 Aug
45.
31 33 CINCPAC-CINCPOA Opns in POA, Apr 45, PP. 1, 2, 5, 6, 17, 50.
32 Ibid.
33 96th Div Periodic Rpt No. 48,19 May 45, Translations: 22d Regt
Ord, 11 Apr 45; No. 45, 16 May 45, diary of member of 22d Regt.
34 7th Div G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 27, 27 Apr 45.
35 Interrog Yahara; see also XXIV Corps PW Interrog Rpt No. 54, 6 May 45, and No. 36, 6 May 45.
36 Tenth Army Transl No. 198, 1 Jul 45: 22d Regt Op Ord No. 63, 12
Apr 45
.
37 96th Div G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 13, 14 Apr 45; for the captured signal code, see 7th Div
G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 7, 7 Apr 45.
38 Interrog Yahara. Colonel Yahara's statement that a battalion reached the Ginowan area is probably highly exaggerated.
39 Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div History, Pt. I, p. 62; XXIV Corps G-2 Summary No. 7, 30 Apr 45, App.
I. P. 3.
40 CINCPAC-CINCPOA Bull No. 147-45, 16 Jun 45, P. 52, transl Interrog No. 32.
41 XXIV Corps G-3 Periodic Rpt No. 13, 13 Apr. 45; 96th Div G-2 Periodic Rpt No. 13. 14 Apr 45; Mulford and Rogers, 96th Div History, Pt.
I, pp. 59-64.
42 CINCPAC-CINCPOA Bull No. 147-45, P- 53.