This week in Pacific history

March 28th - April 3rd

The battleship USS Idaho shelling Okinawa on April 1, 1945.

United States Navy photograph, photographed from USS West Virginia

By Staff | Stars and Stripes March 28, 2021

March 28th, 1959 – The government of Tibet is dissolved by the People's Republic of China.
March 29th, 1973 – Vietnam War: The final U.S. soldiers leave South Vietnam.
March 30th, 1965 – Vietnam War: The United States Embassy in Saigon is attacked by a car bomb.
April 1st, 1945 – World War II: The initial invasion of Okinawa begins.
April 3rd, 1948 – The Jeju uprising begins.