Estuarine Ecology Tripand

Return to Okinawa

Sammy + Charlotte RayMarch – April, 1983

Selected Photos“People to People” –

China

Shanghai Airport, port of entry

Street scenes, bicycles at 6:30 am, Peking

Temple of Heaven, Peking

Temple of Heaven, Peking

Summer Palace, Jade Pagoda in background,

Peking

Summer Palace and Jade Pagoda near where Sammy bivouacked in

1945

Charlotte on Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China

Statue of Ting Ling at the Ming Tombs

Aerial view of harbor and Airport in Naha, Okinawa

Aerial view of Naha, Okinawa

Street Scene in Naha, Okinawa

Okinawa Hilton

Tombs and storage tank at rear of Okinawa Hilton

Beach where Sammy landed on April 1st 1945,

Okinawa

Shuri Castle gate, Okinawa

Shuri Castle wall, Okinawa

Shuri Castle pond, Okinawa

Pill box on grounds of Shuri Castle

Memorial Shaft to Japanese that died in underground

headquarters

Monument to 4,000 officers and men who committed suicide in

naval underground head quarters

Plaque showing scars from hand grenade fragment when men

committed suicide.

Map of battle lines, Okinawa

Map of battle line, Okinawa

Shrine holding original Shuri Bell

Peace Monument, Okinawa

Bell for peace, Okinawa

Memorial to Japanese killed in Okinawa battle

Memorial to Japanese killed in Okinawa battle

Point where two generals committed suicide as American

approached to within 10 m

Pavilion dedicated to Okinawan war dead, I E Shima in

background

Dam, Northern Okinawa

Tomb, Okinawa

Sheer cliff where Okinawan women and children leap to their

deaths to escape American Soldiers

Shrimp farm, Okinawa

Floating pearl oyster and scallop hatchery

McDonald’s, Okinawa

Fuel storage tank at Kaden air base

U.S. Land craft used as ferry from Nago to Seirok

Island

Eel farm, Okinawa

Limestone (coral) mining area Motobu peninsula

Pineapple field in Northern Okinawa

Flightless rails, Okinawa