U.S. Marines salvage artillery shells from mud in Okinawa. Marines work party salvaging artillery shells from flooded magazine area. Marines lift 105mm shells out of mud.
USMC 7th 155mm Gun Battalion in Okinawa. 155mm guns fired from camouflage emplacement. Gun crew loads and fires 155mm gun under camouflage net, hilly terrain in the background. (World War II period).
Flag raising ceremony at Southern Tip of Okinawa in Mobuni Town. United States Marine Corps General Roy Stanley Geiger and Marine Corps Major General Pedro del Valle talk. (Del Valle was the first Hispanic to reach the rank of Lieutenant General). Major General Del Valle talks with other Marines. Other Marines in the background. Sign shows where the last organized stand was made by the Japanese Army on Okinawa. Two Marines in the background. General Stilwell talks to an officer. General Stilwell climbs up hill. Mountains in the background. Raising flag at spot where Japanese made last stand on Okinawa. Marine General Stillwell and Marines saluting as flag is raised on top of flag pole. Marines salute. Sign in the foreground. Flag on the flag pole. General Stilwell addresses a group of Marines at flag raising ceremony. General Stilwell and Marine Generals talk. General Geiger talks with General Del Valle and another General at ceremony. General Stilwell and Marine General talk. Group assembled around flag pole.
U.S. Marines advance toward and into Naha in Okinawa. Marine inspects Japanese heavy gun emplacement near beach. Muzzle of gun pointing toward beach. Marines inspects brass shell casing of gun. Ruins of another light machine gun emplacement. Marine fires 30 cal light machine gun. (World War II period).
U.S. Marines advance toward and into Naha in Okinawa. Several Marines stand at foot of hill and a Marine wounded. They advance on airfield. Wrecked Japanese bomber seen in the foreground. Marine carries heavy equipment on shoulders. Marines look out over ridge. Some of them carry wounded Marine on stretcher. They set him down in the foreground. Skeleton of Japanese aircraft hangars and air base installation. Two Marines sprinkle sulpha on wound of Marine with stomach wound.
U.S. 6th Marines advance toward and into Naha in Okinawa. Marines fire light weapons out. Marine lies on top of ridge firing carbine. Marines carry communications wire up hill. They dig in on ridge. Reinforcements come up trail behind ridge. (World War II period).
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