Landing at Okinawa and the USS Bush
Author Buzz Bissinger recounted the World War II Battle of Okinawa (1945) and the sinking of the USS Bush.
Description
Author Buzz Bissinger recounted the World War II Battle of Okinawa (1945) and the sinking of the USS Bush.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What was Buzz Bissinger "shocked" by? Why?
- Who does Bissinger suggest should have organized the operation? Why? According to Bissinger, why would the Army not agree?
- Why were Navy ships "sitting ducks" during the initial U.S. invasion for the Battle of Okinawa (1945)? How many U.S. casualties occurred during the initial invasion?
- Based on the clip, how are film depictions of battles inaccurate?
- Summarize the book excerpt about the sinking of the USS Bush (DD-529) that Bissinger reads. How many men died during the sinking of the ship?
Additional Resources
- Video Clip: The End of World War II in Japan
- Video Clip: USS Missouri: Battle of Okinawa
- Bell Ringer: The Mosquito Bowl and the Battle of Okinawa
- Bell Ringer: General Douglas MacArthur and World War II
- Bell Ringer: Interservice Rivalries and the Battle of Peleliu (1944)
- Lesson Plan: World War II
- Lesson Plan: Was using the atomic bomb on Japan necessary for ending World War II?
- On This Day: WWII: Battle of Okinawa
Participants
Vocabulary
- Aleutian Islands
- Army
- Battle Of Okinawa (1945)
- Casualty
- Civil War (1861-65)
- Combat
- Confederate
- Hull
- Kamikaze
- Marine
- Navy
- Prisoner Of War
- Propeller
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Simon Bolivar Buckner
- Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Unbroken (2014)
- Unconditional Surrender
- World War Two