Sugar Loaf Hill was a small, insignificant-looking mound, barely 50 feet high and about 300 yards long, situated on the southern end of Okinawa. It was part of a triangle of strongpoints set up by the Japanese defenders designed to delay and damage the attacking American forces. The other two points of the triangle were the higher terrain of Shuri Heights and an irregular-shaped set of hills that Marines called the Half Moon.
The Sixth Marine Division was given the task of taking the mound called Sugar Loaf, and it would prove costly. By the time the area was considered secure, 1,656 Marines would be dead and another 7,429 wounded. Regiments were reduced to com­pany strength, and companies to platoon size. Platoons and squads simply ceased to exist in some cases. It took 11 tries during a 12-day period and ate up most of three regiments before the hill was taken











Thanks for looking

Tom

Hi Tom,
I think your dio is well executed. You've done a good job with the figures making them look really tired with almost a glassy eyed look. Very thought provoking. IIRC Okinawa has a very volcanic ashy type of soil. I'm curious what you used for the ground cover as it looks appropriately grainy in your photos.
Thanks.
John

John thanks for looking at my diorama I used dried tea leaves for the ground cover

Tom

Interesting idea. I'll have to give it a try.

Hi Thomas,

Nice work, I like you composition of the figures, well done.

Al

Yep,this does look very nice! Suitably beat up Marines.
J

Gents thanks for the kind comments on my work


Tom