U.S. Navy Department (April 11, 1945)
CINCPOA Communiqué No. 329
No substantial changes were made in the lines on Okinawa on April 11 (East Longitude Date). In the south the enemy continued to resist attacks of the XXIV Army Corps with artillery, mortar and small arms fire. In the north, Marines of the III Amphibious Corps met some organized resistance on Motobu Peninsula but continued to advance northward on Ishikawa Isthmus.
Army troops of the XXIV Corps reduced enemy points of resistance on Tsugen Island off the east coast of Okinawa and occupied the island on April 11.
Direct support was provided for our forces by carrier aircraft, naval gunfire and Marine and Army artillery. Our forces in the Okinawa area were attacked sporadically by enemy aircraft, four of which were destroyed.
U.S. forces on Okinawa had lost 432 killed at the end of April 9. Our wounded for the same period were 2,103. A total of 180 were missing.
On the night of April 10, Army Black Widow night-fighters strafed and bombed targets on Haha Jima and Chichi Jima in the Bonins. On the same date, a Marine Mitchell of the Strategic Air Force attacked a large cargo ship north of the Bonins scoring rocket hits on it and leaving it dead in the water.
Planes of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing attacked buildings and other installations on islands in the Palaus and on Yap in the Western Carolines on April 11.