A film titled ' Invasion of Okinawa' shows Admiral Chester William Nimitz after his declaration to attack Okinawa in Japan. United states 10th Army launches an invasion on Kerama island in Ryukyu,Japan. Admiral Nimitz,General Buckner and Admiral Richmond Turner direct the operations. American soldiers take over the island after heavy bombardment. They invade Okinawa and land on the island behind naval bombardment.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. American soldiers raise American flag after defeating Japanese in Okinawa, Japan. Japanese civilians walk across a field. Japanese prisoners lined up outside a wrecked building.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A LST (Landing ship Tank) and LSM (Landing Ship Medium) underway at sea. Bow of a vessel. Convoy of LST underway off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.
United States President Harry S Truman gives a message on the war against Japan in World War II. He states that the Japanese should realize that United States has skill, men, power, leadership, allies and determination to win the war against Japan. He gives a report on the progress of the war.
Evacuation of civilians of Okinawa in Japan, during World War II. U.S. MP (Military Police) in a village in Okinawa in Japan. The MP with the civilians in the streets of the village. The Military Police and a few women of the village in front of a hut. The women talk among themselves. One of the MP wearing a helmet with the letters 'MP' written on it. Civilians, holding their belongings, walk through the streets of the village. The civilians in an enclosure. The MP among a group of civilians which includes elderly people. The civilians are helped into trucks by the MP for evacuation from the village which is to be the site of an air base. A group of civilians walk with their belongings. Trucks loaded with civilians in view. The trucks move along the road. Huts on the side of the road. A Military Police on a horse leads a large group of civilians who carry their belongings. Children in the group. The group walks along the road. The group includes men, women, children and elderly people.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Captured Korean prisoners seated outside a tent. United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Holland Smith and Major General H. Schmidt confer at a map. Korean prisoners get a hair cut, eat food, smoke cigarette, sleep and read. A guard at a stockade. A man behind a barbed wire fence. Captured Japanese supplies. Piles of supply bags. Supply crates piled up. Captured Korean prisoners and captured Japanese supplies in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II.