Okinawan civilians in Okinawa during World War II. Civilians migrate from front to rear lines. They rest at roadside and start walking along the road.
U.S. Sailors decorate conning tower of their submarine on VJ Day in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. an American flag streamer flies from the top of their conning tower and they fasten several small Japanese Naval ensigns to a line from the conning tower. Crew members point to symbols of sunken japanese ships and destroyed targets, painted on conning tower.
United States 3rd Corps,Medical Battalion in Okinawa during World War II. A corpsman packs a wounded soldier's arm in ice. A shirt stuck to arm around the wound being cut away. Wounded arm. More ice being packed around the arm. A blanket being put over ice.
United States 3rd Corps,Medical Battalion in Okinawa during World War II. A former school building being used as a hospital. Vehicles outside the building. A sign reads ' Shock receiving ward' (for Shell Shock victims), a sign reads ' Scrape your feet' a man scrapes his rubber boots nearby. A pharmacist pour out water in a funnel and rinses it.
United States 3rd Corps,Medical Battalion in Okinawa during World War II. A technician examines X ray films in dark. He examines them as he smokes a cigarette. He completes the record on a paper. A Marine lying on a table as his X ray is being taken. Another wounded man on the table and he gets up. Plates being removed from the X ray machine. A technician operates a X ray machine.
Guns mounted on deck of the battleship, USS Missouri (BB-63), anchored in Tokyo Bay. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester A Nimitz walking on deck with other officials in preparation for signing of treaty to end war with Japan in World War II. Crew members crowd on deck. ( Note: The ship from which the action is photographed at the beginning, is the USS Buchanan, DD-484. She carried MacArthur and his entourage to the Missouri for the signing of the surrender.)