Western Okinawa Beaches—Kadena, Yellow/Purple/Orange—Top Secret US Navy map 1945

Commander Amphibious Group Twelve (ComPhibGroup Twelve), United States Navy, and Intelligence Section, Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PhibsPac Intelligence), preparers; issued by Commander Amphibious Group Four (Rear Admiral Lawrence F. Reifsnider, USN) as part of Attack Order A405-45; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (predicted tide curve on verso)

Western Okinawa Beaches. Beach Sketches, Section F of Appendix (I) of Annex (E) to Com Phibs Grp 4 Attack Order A405-45. Prepared by ComPhibGroup Twelve and PhibsPac Intelligence. [n.p.]: United States Navy, [c. February–March 1945; before 1 April 1945]. Series of six sheets, each colour-printed on both sides and classified TOP SECRET; scale 1:10,000 (1 inch = 278 yards). Verso: predicted tide curve for Naha (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey), sunlight and moonlight table for April 1945, and sheet-specific aerial photographs of the beaches.

Good; suitable for framing. Originally stapled to adjacent sheets - staple holes visible. Wear at central juncture and edge of fold strengthened verso with archival tape. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this map. This is a folding map. Printed: strip of oblique aerial photographs of the beaches taken from seaward, printed in halftone, with the limits of Yellow Beaches 1–3 and Purple Beaches 1 and 2 boxed and labelled (Orange 1, shown on the recto, is not labelled in the photographs); U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey predicted tide curve for Naha, Okinawa Shima, April 1945 (lat. 26°12′ N, long. 127°40′ E; time meridian 135° E); sunlight and moonlight table for 1–30 April 1945, Okinawa (Naha) (−9 zone); notes on tidal ranges and on reef conditions at high and low water. Tide and daylight data are common to all sheets of the series; the photographs are sheet-specific.

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