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Command vehicles and 3/4 ton Dodge weapons carriers move through mud in Ryukyu Islands during World War II.

U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands during the Battle of Okinawa, in World War 2. Several Dodge weapons carriers move through mud on highway. Some trucks bog down. Other vehicles with water up to wheel hubs as they drive. Shacks in the area.

Date: 1945, June 5
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051670
U.S. run Kadena Airbase in Okinawa

Kadena Airbase in Okinawa, Japan. B-29 'Superfortress' bomb North Korean targets during the Korean War. United States Air Force crew carrying bombs in Okinawa. Aerial view of Kadena Airbase. Sign on building reads 'Headquarters Marine Amphibious Force and 3D Marine Division' and 'United States Marine Corps Camp Courtney'. View of harbor at Okinawa. Sign reads 'Fleet Activities,Ryukyus U.S. Naval Air Facility'. U.S. airplanes at Kadena Airbase. C-5 Galaxy U.S. transport airplane parked at Kadena. Airplane maintenance by U.S. Airmen. Housing, club and supermarket at Kadena. A doctor treats a child as mother stands nearby. Women shopping at the commissary and exchange in Kadena Airbase. Children playing on the playground of a school inside Kadena Airbase. A sign reads “The friendlist people on Okinawa Welcome You To Koza City”. View of Koza City, Okinawa. An American woman with his son, shop in a departmental store in Koza City.

Date: 1972
Duration: 4 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025527
Early history of Okinawa-Keystone of the pacific

Underwater coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean. Sunlight falls on coral reef. Stone carvings from Okinawa. Depictions show the early history of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands. Paintings show ships in sea, men rowing boats, men in Okinawa gathering wood, Japanese writing, battle scene and fighter jets.

Date: 1972
Duration: 3 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025521
White smoke arises from exploding artillery shells on hillside in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.

United States 7th Infantry Division soldiers advance on Okinawa Island. Artillery shells explode on hillside. White smoke arises from exploding shells. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April 19
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052677
United States 7th Infantry Division soldiers advance under artillery fire in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.

United States 7th Infantry Division soldiers advance on Okinawa Island. Artillery shells explode on hillside. White smoke arises from exploding shells. Helmet of a soldier and a hill in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April 19
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052678
United States 7th Infantry Division soldiers cross valley and advance up hillside in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.

United States 7th Infantry Division soldiers advance on Okinawa Island. Ground view from top of mountain. Formation of aircraft overhead. A tree in the foreground. Flame throwing tanks in action. Aircraft in flight. Soldiers cross valley and advance up hillside. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April 19
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052679