Bucket cranes and bulldozers remove and clear heaps of dirt for constructing an airstrip. Dump trucks spread sand and road scrapers and steam rollers prepare the ground. U.S. F6F fighter aircraft land on the newly constructed airstrip. Pilot poses with marines of the United States 2nd Marine Division.
Japanese prisoners surrender in Okinawa during the Pacific War of World War II. Japanese soldiers move across river and rugged terrain. Allied soldiers fire artillery and attack Japanese installations. Dead Japanese soldiers on field. Attack on ship underway at sea. Japanese prisoner urges surrender and speaks over microphone. Japanese prisoners surrender.
U.S. infantrymen move up to the front in Okinawa during World War II. Infantrymen of the 7th and 96th Infantry Division moving up to the front. The Infantrymen carrying full packs and rifles walk along a dirt road. Elements of the 27th Infantry Division pass. A split column of infantrymen. Soldiers of the 105th Infantry Regiment pass.
Assault on Shuri Line shows M-4 tanks and M-18 motor carriages equipped with flamethrowers attack Japanese positions on Chocolate Drop Hill in Okinawa during World War II. Shell hits on Japanese mountain caves and gun positions. U.S. soldiers at 77th Infantry, 306th Regiment OP (Operations Post), observe fighting through binoculars.
Assault on Shuri Line shows M-4 tanks and M-18 motor carriages equipped with flamethrowers attack Japanese positions on Chocolate Drop Hill in Okinawa during World War II. Flame throwers attacking Japanese mountain caves. U.S. soldiers at 77th Infantry, 306th Regiment OP (Operations Post), observe fighting through binoculars. Smoke rises from explosions.
U.S. troops in Okinawa during World War II. Assault made by elements of U.S. 10th Army, 1st Marines, 6th Marines, 77th Army Division on Shuri Line shows M-4 tanks and M-18 motor carriages equipped with flamethrowers attack Japanese positions. Shell hits on mountains showing smoke rising from explosions. Smoke billows up from white phosphorous explosions on Japanese mined field.
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