Celebration of 'Victory over Japan' (VJ) day in Honolulu, Hawaii. Crowd of service men and civilians gathered for the celebration. People on roof tops as they throw torn papers and confetti into the streets below. Service men celebrate on the streets. Several sailors and civilians stand on the streets. Women lean out of windows. Marines move on the streets. Aerial view of the celebration on the street. Crowd stands on the roof as they celebrate the day.
Celebration of 'Victory over Japan' (VJ) day in Honolulu, Hawaii. Crowd of service men and civilians gathered for the celebration. Marine holds a small child as the child waves. Small child in arms of a parent. Sailors celebrate with their girlfriends, waving American flags. Chinese Dragon paraded through the streets in celebration. Soldiers puts a lei on a WAC and kisses her while she holds a newspaper with headline, 'EXTRA! IT'S PEACE!' Car filled with sailors and a woman wearing a Hawaiian skirt and leis parades through the streets in front of the Max Cohn uniform store. Sailor kisses a Red Cross nurse. Marine kisses and waves. (World War II period).
Celebration of 'Victory over Japan' (VJ) day in Honolulu, Hawaii at the end of World War II. Crowd of service men and civilians gathered for the celebration. Planes fly in formation. Old woman celebrates with other people. Woman carries a child in her arms. A board reads: 'Russian Antique shop' near a building. Sailors and civilians on vehicles on the street.
Celebration of 'Victory over Japan' (VJ) day in Honolulu, Hawaii. Crowd of service men and civilians gathered for the celebration. Crowd celebrates on the street. USO building in view. People stand on the roof top of a building. Sailors on the street. News boy sells papers consisting of the VJ Day peace news.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. The activities of the U.S. 1st and 6th Marine Divisions on the island. Mountains in the foreground. Battleships underway at sea. Soldiers fire guns from the ships. Smoke from bombardment. The 24th Army Corps and the Marine units effect a landing. Tanks being floated ashore on pontoons. Marines and tanks move inland. They advance on the field. Rifle grenades being used to capture a Japanese command post.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Soldiers fire guns. Okinawan refugees emerge from huts and clog a road. Jeeps, tanks and amphi tracks ford a stream. Bulldozers repair a road.