The Allied occupation of Japan begins. United States Navy ships in Tokyo Bay at Yokosuka Japan. USS San Diego warship (CL-53), a Light Cruiser, is seen, along with USS Lansdowne (DD-486), a Gleaves-class Destroyer. (World War II period).
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Marines advance along the way. They fire guns. Smoke arises due to firing. Corpses being inspected. A wounded Japanese soldier crawls from his nest. Marines and Japanese troops skirmish in a wooded area. An airstrip is captured and graded. Dummy tanks and planes and a "Baka" suicide plane being inspected (A Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka). Soldiers stand near an aircraft. Planes take off from the runway.
The USS Randolph (CV-15) hit by a Japanese Yokosuka P1Y " Frances", twin-engine kamikaze bomber, on her starboard side,aft, just below the flight deck, as she was anchored at Ulithi, during World War 2. Flames appear in the dark aboard the carrier as firefighters work in the area under searchlights. Later scene shows crew members silhouetted against orange flames as they fight the fire. It appears to come under control, but several small explosions propel burning objects aloft, and flames continue to break out. (Note: 25 crew were killed and 106 wounded during this incident.)
Captured Japanese baka suicide bomb (Yokosuka Ohka) employed by Japan in World War II. U.S. troops and bomb disposal personnel in Okinawa Island. Bomb disposal personnel disarm explosive head of Japanese baka suicide bomb. Man look into tail and cockpit of baka. Rocket tubes of baka lying in field.
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on the island on the hilly areas. U.S. Marines and Japanese troops fight in a wooded area. Fire and smoke. Dead soldiers in view. Troops advance on field. Soldiers carry wounded on stretchers. An airstrip is captured and graded. Dummy tanks inspected. Troops find a 'Baka' kamikaze suicide aircraft (Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, rocket powered, human-guided attack aircraft). Obsolete planes on airstrip. Airstrip is repaired. Aerial view of airstrip. Tanks advance on roads. Suicide boats are inspected. They are packed with explosives and intended for launching down hill into a stream. (World War II period).
Explosions occur in the ocean. A Japanese Judy or Yokosuka D4Y aircraft bursts and cranes into the sea and smoke rises. Guns on board a United States ship. Judy pursued by F6F aircraft. United States F6F aircraft crashes into the sea about 1000 yards off stern. An explosion occurs with ships in the background.
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