Invasion of Aguni Jima in Okinawa, Japan. Japanese civilians place an old woman on wooden pallet. Several Japanese children sit near elders on a ground. Japanese civilians cross the field. Some carry very old people on wooden pallets. A girl carries a baby on her back. Japanese civilians walk in a group.
Evacuation of Japanese causalities in Okinawa, Japan. Two United States Navy Corpsmen walk in a village and enter a hut. They carry out an old Japanese woman from the hut. They place her on a wooden pallet and carry her away for medical aid. Marines carry a Japanese girl with her foot cut off by the Japanese. Girl talks to the Marines.
Allied troops in Okinawa, Japan. Anti tank tracers fire against hill side and smoke rises. A tree in the foreground as a tank burns. Explosion of fire bombs o hillside. Smoke rises from the hill. United States marines in tank destroyers move away. (World War II period).
Japanese surrender in Okinawa, Japan during World War. American naval personnel set up a loudspeaker on a beach and a man announces the terms of surrender to the civilians. Civilians struggle through rocks and underbrush. A woman with a child tied to her back climbs up a cliff and surrenders. Civilians emerge and surrender. Japanese seated in a field. Some loaded onto a truck.
Japanese surrender in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Coast under bombardment by Americans as smoke rises. American naval personnel in a vessel approach a beach. Japanese civilians on the beach. Vessel nears the beach. Civilians swim towards the vessel. American men throw a rope and life saving tube. Japanese come aboard the vessel one by one. A man announces the terms of surrender on a loudspeaker. Some more civilians swim to the vessel. Japanese men photographed aboard the vessel.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War. LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) stands by in transport area. A man at a 40 mm antiaircraft gun. Men wearing life jackets at the gun. They train and point the gun. Shells explode at the coast of Geruma Shima.