City of Naha shelled by U.S. artillery, Okinawa. View of city of Naha. Smoke arises in different sections from burning buildings. River in foreground. Artillery shells the town. Explosions and smoke rises as the shell burst all around. A large building burns. Smoke rises.
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).
Activities of the U.S. 1st and the 6th Marine Divisions on the island of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Artillery bombards Naha. Marines move into its outskirts as they fire rifles and machine guns. Tank guns reduce enemy strongholds. Marines cross a pontoon bridge, laid over mud flats and enter a suburb of Naha.
United States 6th Tank Battalion of 24th Infantry Division in Naha, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Marine inspects a camouflaged jeep. United States M4A3 Sherman tank moves on the beach. Marine inspects camouflaged Japanese plane in revetment. Japanese hangar in Naha. Number of tanks drive past on a dirt road.
U.S. 22nd Marine Regiment in combat with enemy near Naha, Okinawa. Tank on side of hill fires village in the background. Smoke rises from huts. Marines advance over top of ridge. Marine hit in the neck, stops and is looked at by two buddies who lay down their weapons, all sitting in an embankment. Flames rise from village in the background. 30 cal air cooled machine gun crew fires from field. Tanks and Marines advance towards ridges in the background. Turret and 75mm gun of M-4 tank rotate. 30 cal machine gun crew fires towards hills in the background. Marine rifleman with M-1 rifle fires at ridge. Explosion and smoke near river's edge. Marines look towards city of Naha in the background. Flames rises from native hut at edge of river. Marines fire rifles from debris of demolished building. (World War II period).
6th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps in Naha, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. United States Lieutenant General Simon B Buckner and Major General Lemuel Shepherd look through binoculars at the outskirts of a village. The officers and Marines look towards the village. The officer points towards the village. An M4A3 Sherman tank with Marines along the road.
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