Invasion of Aguni Jima in Okinawa, Japan. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) underway in Pacific Theater. Control Boat 'flying Charlie' underway. Landing Craft Infantry aboard LVT. Shoreline of Aguni Jima in view. Bombing on the shoreline. Smoke rises due to explosions on the shoreline. Destroyer ships underway. (World War II period).
A United States Marine outside a building in Okinawa Local civilians workmen lined up as a Marine stands in front of them. Workers load tent material onto a jeep. Jeep pulls away and arrives at a field. Workers offload materials and place fence posts around an area and bring rolls of barbed wire to the site.Men carry barbed wire coils in the field. A jeep loaded with wooden fence posts arrives at the field and workers erect the logs at the edges of the field.
The daily life of people in Okinawa. Native women walking along a road towards the village. They carry bundles on their heads. Road through village. Huts in the area. Native children playing beside a hut.
People working in Okinawa. Native woman tying a towel around her head. Barbed wire entanglements in the background. Women washing clothes. Marines standing and discussing along village road. Sign reads: 'Slow Down, Civilian Compound, Off Limits, Brower Road'. Women crossing a street.
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.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Marines advancing along the way. Snipers are routed from the hills with pack charges and small arms fire. Dead body of soldiers lying on the street. Smoke arises due to firing.