European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                This Panorama shows the kind of terrain Ever whih infantrymen advanced toward Naha and the two cities lie directly on the other Side of the Hills and old cues in the into which a yank mortar company was i 1 i j the photographer aimed his camera at the mortar As it the Shell passed a few feet by one great Blessing to gis fighting in the front lines of Okinawa was the gun or also known As the when infantrymen Advance they get help from the mortar and artillery barrage that precedes pinning the the mortar companies a dangerous having Shorter Range than artillery they fire from Well up in the front lines and Are tempting targets for the As a mortar squad Leader said for every one the nip sends us we return Twenty of these pictures were taken by yank photographer Mason s looking Down on a Mortor company As it was empty Shell cases Are strewn around them c v v v i go pulls pin from a Mort before sending it on its a mortar Crew places their stove pipe into firing position enemy shells were passing three men of a mortar squad Zero in and Load up to As mortars and artillery pin Down the gis of the 96th begin to move Forward