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Wwii Japanese Theater
American Sherman tank of Army 7th Division using specially equipped flame thrower to burn the Japanese defenders out of their caves & pillboxes in preparation for an infantry assault during the fight to take Okinawa.
Location:Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
Date taken:April 21, 1945
Photographer:W. Eugene Smith
Size:1280 x 879 pixels (17.8 x 12.2 inches)

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