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US Army 77th Sustainment Brigade soldiers fire artillery in the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu Campaign of World War II.

US Army 77th Sustainment Brigade in the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu campaign of World War II. A vessel underway at sea en route to the Ryukyu Islands. Soldiers on landing crafts underway at sea. LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) heading towards a beach. Soldiers unload from the LVTs onto the beach. 305th and 306th Infantry Regiment troops advance inland from the beach. A small building. Two soldiers holding guns in prone position on the side of a road. The soldiers fire the guns. The troops load and fire 81mm mortars. The soldiers standing behind shut their ears. The troops load a 155mm howitzer. The howitzer is fired from beneath a camouflage net. One of the soldiers shuts his ears. Several soldiers on a field and LVTs parked in view. Men of the 304th Field Artillery Battalion remove shells from cartons.

Location: Ryukyu Islands

Date: 1945

Duration: 2 min 3 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

US Army 77th Sustainment Brigade soldiers capture an island of the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu campaign of World War II.

US Army 77th Sustainment Brigade in the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu campaign of World War II. Columns of soldiers move along a road among fields. A squad leader fires into a cave. Men of the 136th Engineers rush with guns up a hill. The men move past a Shinto shrine. A soldier fires flame throwers on Japanese caves. A soldier blows a bugle and other soldiers salute during a flag raising ceremony on the first Japanese homeland island taken. A soldier tries to hoist the flag and other soldiers stand around and salute. The flag being raised and hoisted. The troops salute.

Location: Ryukyu Islands

Date: 1945

Duration: 1 min 10 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Men carry gear through deep mud and creek in Okinawa, Japan.

Floods in Okinawa, Japan. Men carry gear through deep mud. Supplies carried across swollen creek. Water pours through a pipe in creek dam. Men carry two white rabbits.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands

Date: 1945, June 21

Duration: 2 min 38 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Damaged USS Louisville and men overhaul it in Okinawa, Japan.

Damaged USS Louisville (CA-28) hit by Japanese planes. Damaged forward stack of USS Louisville (CA-28). Float of plane on catapult jettisoned. Large stack of USS Louisville knocked down. Engine of seaplane blown up by explosion on the signal bridge. Man welds in superstructure. View of men working on damaged USS Louisville (CA-28) hit by Japanese planes.