Staff officers aboard USS Estes off the shore Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Interior of a plotting room aboard USS Estes (AGC-12) as staff officers plot the progress of operations in Okinawa using charts and operation plans. A teletype screen on a bulkhead in the background. The shoreline of Okinawa shows shells bursting and smoke columns near the beach. The message "Suicide boats hidden in inaccessible caves along beaches" appears on the teletype screen. A New York Class battleship from starboard quarter as signal hoist is raised on halyards. An officer reads a letter and turns pages. Pictures of suicide boats in caves are enclosed.
U.S. Army 77th Division in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. A beach at Okinawa. Aerial view of a coastline and buildings along the coastline. Soldiers look through binoculars from a hilltop. The soldiers climb up a hill. American journalist Ernie Pyle eats with the soldiers in an open field. Men of the 307th Infantry Regiment climb the Pinnacle Rock, scaling the cliff with the help of a landing rope. The soldiers with guns in front of a cave. The soldiers stooping and moving with guns near a stone wall. The soldiers moving towards a native hut which is an enemy holdout.
Evacuation of civilians of Okinawa in Japan, during World War II. Civilians evacuated from a village in Okinawa, which is to be site for an air base. The civilians with their belongings move through the village. A few women carrying their belongings walk. The area in Okinawa being proposed for the air base site. Vehicles move on a path in the region. Equipment at work to clear the area. Huts in the village. Women and children beside the huts. Elderly people in the front area of the huts. Trucks moving along a road. The trucks move in a line carrying the civilians.
Orphaned children in Okinawa, Japan, during Battle of Okinawa of World War II. The U.S. troops advance through the roads of a rubbled village. Trees and damaged buildings along the sides of the road. A U.S. soldier, holding guns, walks along the side of a rubbled building and finds a small child. Two soldiers seated beside the child. One of the soldiers wipes the face of the child. The soldiers pick up the child and move towards the army jeep. The army jeep with soldiers and the child moves along the road. The jeep stops near a building. The soldier takes the child to the center for lost and orphaned children in Okinawa. The child is placed on a low table. A Red Cross worker and a man puts new clothes on the child and attends to the child. Views of other children in the center. The Red Cross worker feeds the child from a bowl. The workers at the center gives medical attention to a wounded child. A worker attends to a few days old baby. A child in the center looks on.
Activities aboard LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) off the coast of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) underway in sea. The coast of Okinawa in the background. U.S. troops in a mess line on the deck of an LST (Landing Ship Tank) . A Colorado class battleship at sea. Transport area, Okinawa in the background.
U.S. battle fleet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan on the L+3 Day during the Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. A battleship in the background. A landing craft in the foreground. The battleship fires. Landing craft come in and near a beach. At time 00:34 to 01:32 shows the battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42), in a very detailed close up. More landing craft near the island. Smoke rising on Okinawa island.