Okinawa Invasion, April 1945. LVTs and other landing craft head for the Okinawa landing beaches on April 1, 1945. USS LCI(G)-809 is partially visible at left, helping to cover the assault, with another LCI beyond her. Photographed from USS West Virginia (BB-48). (Official US Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives, 80-G-K-3848)