This is a clipping of the original headline on the day of the invasion on April 1st, 1945. The clipping tells of how the battle of Okinawa started. The Battle of Okinawa was started, and the suicide bombers began. Okinawa was one of the most strategic locations for invading Japan, with its predecessor Iwo Jima. It is over 50 miles long, and was even harder to get because of the amount of the same work that was involved in taking it over.