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U.S. flamethrower tanks attack Japanese positions on Chocolate Drop Hill,Okinawa during World War II.

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.

Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074417
High explosive and white phosphorous shells blanketing Japanese mined fields on Shuri Line in Okinawa during World War II.

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.

Date: 1945, May 13
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074418
U.S. Marines firing M1919 Browning machine gun on Okinawa during World War II.

Assault made by elements of U.S. 10th Army consisting of 1st Marines, 6th Marines, 77th and 96th Army Divisions on Shuri line in Okinawa during World War 2. Two Marines firing Browning M1919, 30 caliber machine gun, from a high ridge. Several bodies of fallen Japanese soldiers. (Note: Marine firing the machine gun might be Robert Sorensen, C-1-5 USMC, who recalled being filmed on Okinawa, while firing his machine gun from a ridge at about this date. He served with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division.)

Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074419
U.S. soldiers and M-4 tanks cross narrow valley and advance on hillside under heavy fire on Shuri line in Okinawa during WWII.

Assault made by elements of U.S. 10th Army consisting of 1st Marines, 6th Marines, 77th and 96th Army Division on Shuri line in Okinawa during World War II. U.S. soldiers and M-4 tanks cross a narrow valley and advance on the hillside under heavy fire. Gun crew of U.S. 383rd Regiment, 96th Army Division fire 37 mm anti tank gun. White phosphorous shells burst over the entire terrain.

Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074420
Gun crew of U.S. 383rd Regiment,96th Army Division fire 37 mm anti tank gun on Shuri line in Okinawa during World War II.

Assault made by elements of U.S. 10th Army consisting of 1st Marines, 6th Marines, 77th and 96th Army Division on Shuri Line in Okinawa during World War II. Gun crew of U.S. 383rd Regiment, 96th Army Division fire 37 mm anti tank gun. White phosphorous shells burst over the entire terrain.

Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074421
First group of U.S. soldiers leaving for discharge in U.S. Army Air Force C-54 Skymaster transport in Okinawa during World War II.

First group of soldiers to leave Okinawa for discharge assemble at U.S. 24th Corps Air Regulation Office on Yontan airstrip during World War II. Soldiers leave truck. A sign reads '24th Corps Air Regulating Officer'. U.S. Major General Archibald V Arnold talks to the departing soldiers and signs short snorter bill for one man. Soldiers board U.S. Army Air Force C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft. The C-54 taxis and takes off.

Date: 1945, May 12
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074427