Animation graphic describing how land sea and air information was coordinated to enable precise targeting of enemy positions by naval gunfire during the U.S. invasion of Okinawa, Japan in World War 2. U.S. minesweepers enable capital ships with heavy guns to safely operate close to enemy targets. Views of heavy naval gunfire. Advance of the Marine 3rd Amphibious Corps. U.S. troops, advancing slowly, routing out Japanese defenders dug in to caves and holes throughout Okinawa. Naval heavy guns were called upon to destroy these caves. Detailed live images include: Mine sweepers off Okinawa, sweeping for mines; heavy cruiser USS San Francisco, CA-38, under a head of steam and using signal lights; battleships fire at Okinawa; A bow view of a Tennessee Class battleship; battleship USS Nevada, BB-36, fires its main battery; closeup of a Cleveland Class light cruiser's main aft battery firing at Okinawa; stern view of the heavy cruiser USS Pensacola, CA-24, fires her aft main 8-inch/55 main battery; U.S. Marines on the march and blowing up caves; battleship USS New York, BB-34, fires her main battery; time 03:36 shows a Cleveland Class light cruiser firing its forward main 6-inch battery; time 03:30 shows the USS New York, BB-34, again; various naval guns fire and explosions on Okinawa are shown; time 04:08 shows the forward main deck, looking aft, of the USS Nevada, BB-36, with a Tennessee Class battleship in the background.
USS Wasp flight operations. F4F aircraft lands on the air carrier. It crashes into the barrier. Superstructure in the background.
Burial of Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I. Grissom, United States Air Force, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Funeral attendees stand behind roped off area. Officer stands holding flag over the casket. Flag folding ceremony takes place. Fly over of three F-101's with missing slot. Family of the astronaut sits on the chairs. The casket lowered into the grave. A man stands at head of a grave with head bowed.
Funeral service for Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I.(Gus) Grissom, USAF, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Air Force pallbearers transfer Astronaut Grissom's flag draped casket from hearse to horse-drawn caisson at the Administration building. USAF band leads the funeral procession through cemetery and arrives at the gravesite.
Apollo 204 review board at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in United States, following the tragic Apollo 1 accident on January 17, 1967. Men at table, including two U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonels, in uniform, discuss mission and documents. A black board in the background. A man talks on the phone. Charts and print outs about the mission on the wall. 'Apollo Design Reference Mission' written on the chart and related pictures displayed.
The U.S. Navy submarine, USS George Washington (SSBN-598) fires a ballistic missile, in the Atlantic test range, while submerged. It is seen underwater. The missile leaves the submarine and air bubbles are seen as the missile rises.
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