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The Pinnacle was the name given to a 30 foot spire, atop a 450 foot ridge of coral approximately 1,000 yards southwest of Arakachi, Okinawa. Heavily fortified by the Japanese 62d Division, this outpost to Japan's main defenses at Shuri held up the U.S. 7th Division on 5–6 April 1945 with accurate and well-concealed machine gun, mortar and artillery fire.

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  • The Pinnacle, Battle of Okinawa
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  • The Pinnacle was the name given to a 30 foot spire, atop a 450 foot ridge of coral approximately 1,000 yards southwest of Arakachi, Okinawa. Heavily fortified by the Japanese 62d Division, this outpost to Japan's main defenses at Shuri held up the U.S. 7th Division on 5–6 April 1945 with accurate and well-concealed machine gun, mortar and artillery fire.
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  • Battle of Okinawa, World War II, the Pacific War
Date
  • --04-05
Commander
  • 5356800.0
  • Lt. Col. Daniel G. Maybury, Commander 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry, U.S. 7th Marines
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  • Advance of American XXIV Corps showing approximate Japanese positions north of Shuri, April 1945
Result
  • Allied victory
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  • Empire of Japan
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Conflict
  • The Pinnacle
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  • The Pinnacle was the name given to a 30 foot spire, atop a 450 foot ridge of coral approximately 1,000 yards southwest of Arakachi, Okinawa. Heavily fortified by the Japanese 62d Division, this outpost to Japan's main defenses at Shuri held up the U.S. 7th Division on 5–6 April 1945 with accurate and well-concealed machine gun, mortar and artillery fire.
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