The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Self propelled guns being brought up. Infantry advances along the area. Study of a map. Artillery being fired from a hide out. Smoke arises due to the firing. Airplane in flight over the area. Artillery and dive bombers strike Naha as Marines occupy its outskirts.
Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Soldiers of the U.S. 307th Regiment, 77th Division move across the field. They pass a knocked-out U.S. tank.
Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. M-18 motor carriage fires from a hilltop position. Soldiers load and fire the gun. Shells explode on hill. Smoke due to firing. (World War II period).
Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. U.S. Tenth Army General Simon B. Buckner visits the U.S. 77th Division. General in fatigue clothes and helmet as he discusses with a soldier. M-18 tank passes over a dirt road. (World War II period).
The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Soldiers advance through the muddy area. Two mail clerks of the 77th Division on horseback carry mail from forward to backward echelon. Vehicles pass through the muddy area.
The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Trucks aboard a Landing Craft Tank (LCTs) at Kuba. Men aboard LCT underway. They rest and engage in recreation activities as a soldier plays a guitar. Soldiers attached to the 519th Military Police Battalion and 321st Medical Aid Battalion en route to Yonabaru.