Lieutenant General Simon B Buckner addresses a press conference at a tent in Okinawa, Japan. Media persons take down notes as Buckner speaks. He points out at a map while speaking.
'With Marines at Tarawa ' United States 2nd Marine Division embark a ship for an amphibious operation in Tarawa during World War II. Marines briefed about the terrain of Tarawa with a relief map. They clean machine guns, check and test fire weapons. Marines exercise and receive instructions from an officer. A mass on board the ship where a Chaplain and marines offer prayers before the battle of Tarawa.
United States 2nd Marine Division sailors fire at Japanese infantry to flush them out from dugouts in Tarawa during World War II. Heavy firing takes place and wounded carried away on litters for medical aid. Wreckage spreads all around as mortars fires.
An American landing craft hit by Japanese. United States 2nd Marine Division sailors fire mortars at Japanese infantry to flush them out from dugouts in Tarawa during World War II. Heavy firing takes place. Marines and tanks move up. General Holland Smith and Julian Smith inspect positions. A loader clears up debris and mud. Japanese prisoners made to march by marines. Wounded marines given blood plasma. Other wounded marines on litters pulled up onto a ship for medical aid.
USS Gamble, destroyer/mine layer, DD-123/DM-15, being scuttled off Guam, after decommissioning, due to extreme damage from Japanese bombs off Iwo Jima. Witnessed by Admiral Chester Nimitz and staff.
United States ships off the shore of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Low lying hills on the beach of Okinawa. Wrecked ships at the coast as men work on them. United States Naval fleet in the background. A white puff of smoke rises from the beach. Tracers being fired in the dark at night.
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