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The American forces secured Okinawa and the Tenth Army.conducts a flag-raising ceremony. While this marked the end of organized resistance, some Japanese soldiers continued to hide in caves and fight. The battle for Okinawa dragged out over nearly three months and included some of the worst kamikaze attacks of the war. The United States sustained over 49,000 casualties including more than 12,000 soldiers killed or missing. About 90,000 Japanese combatants died in the fighting, but deaths among Okinawan civilians may have reached 150,000. More