| Hagushi | |
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  Hagushi | |
| Location | Yomitan, Okinawa |
| Coordinates | 26°21′47″N127°44′21″E / 26.362967°N 127.739046°E /26.362967; 127.739046 |
| River sources | Hija River |
| Primary outflows | Toguchi Beach |
Hagushi bay is located inYomitan,Okinawa. The bay is at the mouth of Hija River. The north side of the mouth of the river has a public beach called Toguchi Beach.
Hagushi bay was the primary unloading point forAmerican supplies during theinvasion ofOkinawa duringWorld War II. The bay, at the mouth of the Bishi River (now called Hija River), was the dividing line between theFirst andSixth US Marine divisions, which landed on the Hagushi beaches to the north, and theSeventh andNinety-sixth Infantry Divisions of theUS Army which landed south of the river's mouth. In the seven-day campaign of aerial and naval bombardment which preceded the 1 April 1945 landings, Japanese beach defenses and shipping at the Bishi River's mouth were heavily bombarded, andUS Navyfrogmen swept the Hagushi beaches of thousands oflandmines and nearly 3000 wooden posts. The beach landings were unopposed by theImperial Japanese Army aside from scatteredartillery and sniper fire, and by nightfall on 1 April 1945, 60,000 American troops were ashore.[1]
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