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When did U.S. forces capture Shuri during the Battle of Okinawa?
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Battle of Okinawa
U.S. Marines battling for control of a ridge near Naha, Okinawa, May 1945.
U.S. forces captured Shuri, the keystone of the Japanese fortifications on Okinawa, on June 1, 1945.1