Hudson Austin vs Ota Minoru

Hudson Austin was a key figure in the New Jewel Movement's bloodless coup that overthrew Prime Minister Eric Gairy. The coup established the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) under Maurice Bishop, with Austin as a senior military commander.

The U.S.-led invasion of Grenada, Operation Urgent Fury, began on October 25, 1983. Hudson Austin's junta was quickly defeated. Austin was captured by U.S. forces and later handed over to Grenadian authorities.

After the internal split in the PRG and the execution of Maurice Bishop in October 1983, General Hudson Austin seized power and formed a military junta, the Revolutionary Military Council. He announced a 24-hour curfew and declared martial law.

Hudson Austin was tried and convicted for the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and others during the 1983 coup. He was sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment. He served over 20 years before being released in 2008.

In early 1945, Rear Admiral Ota Minoru was placed in command of the Imperial Japanese Navy's forces on Okinawa. He was responsible for defending the island against the impending American invasion, leading a mixed force of naval personnel and base troops.

During the Battle of Okinawa, Ota commanded the defense of the Oroku Peninsula from May to June 1945. His forces, numbering about 10,000 men, held out against the U.S. 6th Marine Division for ten days of intense fighting before being overwhelmed.

On June 13, 1945, with his position overrun and defeat imminent, Rear Admiral Ota Minoru committed suicide by pistol along with his senior staff officers in his command cave on the Oroku Peninsula. This act followed the Japanese military code of honor.