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Initial Infantry Commanders

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Within III Amphibious Corps, the initial infantry commanders were those who led their troops ashore in the initial assault on Okinawa during Operation Iceberg. Eighty-two days of sustained combat exacted a heavy toll in casualties and debilitation. Among the battalion commanders, for example, four were killed, nine were wounded. Only those commanders indicated with an asterisk [*] retained their commands to the end of the battle.

1st Marine Division

1st Marines: Col Kenneth B. Chappell

1/1: LtCol James C. Murray, Jr.

2/1: LtCol James C. Magee, Jr.*

3/1: LtCol Stephen V. Sabol

5th Marines: Col John H. Griebel*

⅕: LtCol Charles W. Shelburne*

⅖: LtCol William E. Benedict

⅗: Maj John H. Gustafson

7th Marines: Col Edward W. Snedeker*

1/7: LtCol John J. Gormley*

2/7: LtCol Spencer S. Berger*

3/7: LtCol Edward H. Hurst

8th Marines: Col Clarence R. Wallace*

⅛: LtCol Richard W. Hayward*

2/8: LtCol Harry A. Waldorf*

⅜: LtCol Paul E. Wallace*

6th Marine Division

4th Marines: Col Alan Shapley*

¼: Maj Bernard W. Green

2/4: LtCol Reynolds H. Hayden

¾: LtCol Bruno A. Hochmuth*

22nd Marines: Col Merlin F. Schneider

½2: Major Thomas J. Myers

2/22: LtCol Horatio C. Woodhouse, Jr.

3/22: LtCol Malcolm O. Donohoo

29th Marines: Col Victor F. Bleasdale

½9: LtCol Jean W. Moreau

2/29: LtCol William G. Robb*

3/29: LtCol Erma A. Wright

Note: The 8th Marines entered combat on Okinawa in June attached to the 1st MarDiv.

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