The USS Pennslyvania BB-38 was sunk here in 1945, at location spotted.
Vern's Uncle was on the west side of Island when WWII ended, aboard USS Adair

Buckner Bay was named after Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.,
Head of 10th Army-Invasion Force onto Okinawa was killed here on June 18, 1945

The photo below was taken at Navy Pier at White Beach

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