Battery of 8th 155MM Gun Battalion and soldiers on foot around Naha, Okinawa. 155mm artillery emplacements fired out enemy positions. Elevation is lowered. They fire again. Lowering elevation after each round. Barrel of 155 firing. (World War II period).
Battery of 8th 155MM Gun Battalion and soldiers on foot around Naha, Okinawa.155mm artillery emplacement fired out enemy positions. Elevation is lowered. Elevation lowered after each round. Barrel of 155 firing. (World War II period).
U.S. Marines carry equipment and supplies dropped by TBM, across a river in Naha. TBM planes drop parachute supplies over Okinawa. TBM planes drop parachute supply canisters. TBM in flight overhead. Marine rifleman fires at enemy position in the foreground. Wreckage of buildings around Naha. A wrecked church. Marine kneels near mouth of a hole in the ground, where Japanese area hiding. He drops grenade in hole and runs away. Grenade explodes. TBM planes in flight overhead drop parachute supply canisters. Marines gather up supplies on open stretch of ground. View of supply canister lying on ground which parachute failed to open. It is broken up. Marines carrying supply canisters off open ground. Marines carry supplies, wading across a stream. View of small waterfall, below fording place on stream. Heavy spring water comes down stream. Marine rifleman wade through deep mud, carrying besides equipment two white rabbits in arms. Another Marine pats rabbits in his arms. (World War II period).
6th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps at Naha, Okinawa in Japan during World War II. A United States M4A3 Sherman tank moves along a road. A Marine walks beside the tank. Marines fire from behind a stone wall. M4A3 Sherman tank fires at the enemy. Damaged Okinawan houses in the village. The Marines advance on hilly terrain and fields. One of the Marines throws satchel charge outside a Japanese cave entrance. Smoke and explosion at the cave. 6th Marine Division Corps fire rifles.
6th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps in Naha, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. United States Lieutenant General Simon B Buckner and Major General Lemuel Shepherd look through binoculars at the outskirts of a village. The officers and Marines look towards the village. The officer points towards the village. An M4A3 Sherman tank with Marines along the road.
6th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps in Naha, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Marines enter the city and patrol on streets. A damaged bridge in the background. An M4A3 Sherman tank with Marines along the road. Tanks fire at Japanese trenches. The wounded Marines on stretchers being put on an ambulance jeep.