The Kerama Islands are six inhabited and some twenty uninhabited islands in a group about 30 kilometers west of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. During World War II and preliminary to the Battle of Okinawa, soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division landed in the Kerama Islands on March 26, 1945. Further landings followed, and the Kerama group was secured over the next five days. Kerama was used as a staging area for the assault on Okinawa.

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  • The Kerama Islands are six inhabited and some twenty uninhabited islands in a group about 30 kilometers west of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. During World War II and preliminary to the Battle of Okinawa, soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division landed in the Kerama Islands on March 26, 1945. Further landings followed, and the Kerama group was secured over the next five days. Kerama was used as a staging area for the assault on Okinawa. During the battle the first civilian mass suicides that later marked the Battle of Okinawa took place. The First US Navy ship to anchor in the harbor was the USS Makin Island, a small "jeep" carrier. It was the site of a true story about romance between two dogs who lived on neighboring islands that was made into the 1988 Japanese film I Want to See Marilyn (Marilyn ni Aitai). It is now a popular beach and diving destination for visitors to Okinawa. The islands include Tokashikijima Zamamijima Akajima Gerumajima The islands are within Shimajiri District. Kerama Airport serves the island chain.
  • 沖縄諸島、位置図 慶良間諸島（けらましょとう）は、沖縄県那覇市（沖縄本島南部）の西方約40kmの東シナ海上に点在する大小20余りの島からなる島嶼群である。
  • Keramaöarna (japanska Kerama-rettō eller Kerama-shotō) är en ögrupp bland Ryukyuöarna i nordvästra Stilla havet som tillhör Japan.
  • 慶良間群島（日文：慶良間諸島、平假名：けらましょとう、羅馬拼音：Kerama-syotou）為琉球列島沖繩群島之子群島，包括20多個大小島嶼，位於那霸市西方約40公里處。行政區劃分別屬於日本沖繩縣渡嘉敷村和座間味村。有人居住的島嶼包括渡嘉敷島、座間味島、阿嘉島、慶留間島和前島，共五座。 2005年11月，渡嘉敷島西側約120公頃的海域區域以及座間味島、阿嘉島之間包含無人島的海域區域約233公頃，以「慶良間群島海域」之名列入濕地公約國際重要濕地名錄。 附近海洋的透明程度為世界上有名，適合做為浮潛及賞鯨的地點。
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  • Ryukyuans (especially native Okinawans), Japanese people, American military personnel and their families
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  • Sea view of Kerama Islands with surrounding coral reefs
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  • Kerama Islands
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  • 阿嘉島
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  • Kerama Islands
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  • 慶良間諸島
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  • The Kerama Islands are six inhabited and some twenty uninhabited islands in a group about 30 kilometers west of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. During World War II and preliminary to the Battle of Okinawa, soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division landed in the Kerama Islands on March 26, 1945. Further landings followed, and the Kerama group was secured over the next five days. Kerama was used as a staging area for the assault on Okinawa.
  • 沖縄諸島、位置図 慶良間諸島（けらましょとう）は、沖縄県那覇市（沖縄本島南部）の西方約40kmの東シナ海上に点在する大小20余りの島からなる島嶼群である。
  • Keramaöarna (japanska Kerama-rettō eller Kerama-shotō) är en ögrupp bland Ryukyuöarna i nordvästra Stilla havet som tillhör Japan.
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