Flag raising ceremony by U.S. Army at Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Troops at attention and salute the flag. Soldiers take pictures. Commander-General of USAFPOA (US Army Forces Pacific Ocean Area) Lieutenant General Robert Richardson, Jr. talks to other U.S. officers. Army jeeps parked.
Civilians in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Two signal flares dropped to earth. Civilians migrate from front to rear lines. Civilians rest at roadside.
U.S. soldiers and Okinawan civilians in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Soldiers round up a group of natives. Line of civilians at aid station wait for medical attention. A woman being treated for sulphur burns on her back.
Battle of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Slate in Japanese says "Iwo Jima" and "battle clouds approaching." Animated map of Iwo Jima. Waves crash against rocks on shores of Iwo Jima. Japanese pilots board fighter aircraft and take off. Air raid siren sounds on Iwo Jima and Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima ready their antiaircraft guns and prepare to fire. Guns being fired in the skies overhead at American bomber aircraft (unseen). Trail of bombs exploding on Iwo Jima as bombs from American bombers hit the island.
Periscope view of the Pacific Ocean. The coast of Japan. Mountains in the foreground. A ship underway. Smoke from the stacks of the ship.
Periscope view of the Pacific Ocean. Coast line of Japan. Villages and buildings at the coastline. Mountains in the foreground.