The Motobu Peninsula (本部半島, Motobu hantō, Okinawan: Mutubu) is a peninsula in the Yanbaru region of Okinawa Island. It is surrounded by Nago Bay to the east, the Haneda Inland Sea to the north, and the East China Sea to the west.[1][2] It is mostly mountainous, with a few plains. The peninsula's northeasternmost point is Cape Bise.[3] Its highest point is Mount Yae, whose summit is 593 metres (1,946 ft).[4] Due to a US military communications tower, the summit is off-limits.[5][6] The peninsula was the center of power for the kingdom of Hokuzan in medieval times, and was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
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fire in support of an attack by the infantry on Japanese positions on MotobuPeninsula. When it finally became necessary for the team to advance to the actual...
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Soon after the U.S. Marines landed, all the women of a village on MotobuPeninsula fell into the hands of American soldiers. At the time, there were only...
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the MotobuPeninsula, on a rocky outcropping, facing out over the East China Sea. The castle is separated from the main mountain mass of Motobu on the...
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surviving sword system from Okinawa. It was the martial art of the noble Motobu family during the Ryukyu Kingdom. During the Edo period schools proliferated...
amphib recon battalion on the northwestern coast of Okinawa, near MotobuPeninsula. Major Jones' FMFPAC Amphib Recon Battalion was tasked in participating...
kingdoms. Nakijin Castle (城 gusuku) stood on an outcropping of the MotobuPeninsula, with drops of varying steepness on every side; the ruins which remain...
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