U.S. 6th Division Marines battling Japanese on front lines in Naha, Okinawa. Marine with a 30 cal water cooled machine gun on hill in the foreground. Smoke and explosions at edge of Naha in the background. Complete city of Naha in the far background. Marines begin to enter the city, advancing on the double, cautiously. Marines advance towards hut on edge of village. Some advancing as others are covering them and circling house. Tanks advance towards other houses in the background. (World War II period).
U.S. 6th Marine Division enters the city of Naha, Okinawa. U.S. fighter planes dive down and drop bombs on Naha City. Plane strafing city. Large bomb explosions throw billows of smoke in air. Marines and tanks advance into city from hillside. (World War II period).
U.S. 6th Marine Division enters the city of Naha, Okinawa. Phosphorous shell explodes near house in edge of Naha city. Smoke rises. Marine fires 30 cal water cooled machine gun at houses at edge of village in the background. Marine fires tracers, stops, picks up binoculars and looks. Other Marines all around look on. Shells hit house in the background. Tracers go towards houses on edge of village. These are tanks and men of the 6th Tank Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment. (World War II period).
U.S. Marines, of the 6th Tank Battalion, at an ammunition dump in Okinawa Tank Service Park, right after the end of World War 2. They open wooden cases and unbundle 75mm shells, which they pass hand-to-hand, up to a marine in the turret of an M4A2 tank.
U.S. 1st Battalion 1st Marines fight the enemy in Okinawa. Marines on Shark Tooth Ridge fire Thompson sub machine gun and M-1 from prone position down hill towards cave. Marines fire bazooka rocket launcher over crest of hill. Marines fire bazooka over edge. They reload bazooka and another round is fired. (World War II period).
U.S. military vehicles cross a muddy road in Okinawa. Jeep moves along a road through very deep mud. Truck moves past through mud. Truck convoy passes through mud. A U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) International Harvester M-2-4 one ton weapons carrier with canvas top stuck in mud. Small truck moves around stuck truck. Wheel of a truck moves through mud.
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