M4A2 USMC Sherman under heavy fire on Okinawa #shorts 78

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M4A2 USMC Sherman under heavy fire on Okinawa, June 22nd 1945. near hill 85 (The Pinnacle).

The Pinnacle was the name given to a 9.1 m spire, atop a 140 m ridge of coral approximately 910 m southwest of Arakachi, Okinawa. Heavily fortified by the 62nd Division, this outpost to Japan's main defenses at Shuri held up the U.S. 7th Infantry Division on 5–6 April 1945 with accurate and well-concealed machine gun, mortar and artillery fire.

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