Question 2: Deyo moved to execute his
orders, but Vice Admiral ________'s
Task Force 58 preempted Deyo by launching
air strikes without orders from Spruance.
Question 4: Yamato and her escorts were to fight their way to Okinawa
and then beach themselves between Higashi and Yomitan and
fight as ________ until they were destroyed.
Question 5: The Japanese force was attacked, stopped, and almost
completely destroyed by United States (U.S.) carrier-borne
aircraft before reaching ________.
Question 10: The battle also exhibited Japan's willingness to sacrifice
large numbers of its people in desperate attempts (see ________) to slow the Allied
advance on the Japanese home islands.