19- _____ This morning we had revillie at 500 to fuel from tanker. We expect to leave here some time this morning for Japan. We left Point Bowlow for Buckner Bay _ got in at 14.00 took on Admiral of all Cruisers Divisions. left harbor right away.__________
After Okinawa was taken by the Allies, Nahagusuku Bay was renamed Buckner Bay after General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. (photo) who was killed during the closing days of the Battle for Okinawa. He had commanded the Tenth Army there.
Point Bolo was on the west side of Okinawa, so they sailed southwest along the coast, then southeast around the bottom of the island, then north to reach the bay.
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