Rehabilitation of natives in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. Men weigh beans on weighing scales. A truck loaded with prisoners. Natives stand beside the truck. The prisoners are led by a U.S. soldier. The prisoners seated on the ground. Okinawan prisoners walk on a road. The prisoners get off the truck. They are seated on the ground. U.S. soldiers stand beside them. A man walking in a street. The prisoners walk on a road. Barbed wire perimeter in the background.
Living conditions of the Okinawans in the town of Ishikawa, Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. Natives seated in a compound outside huts. Fully clothed men wash their legs and faces. A man distributes food to the natives. The natives walk away with the food. They sit on the ground and eat the food. An aircraft in flight.
Activities of U.S. 1st Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. A family leaves the town with their belongings. Natives walk across rice paddies. Marines walk near the rice paddies. The rice paddies in Tengan area. A man watches through binoculars.
Activities of the Okinawans in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. Rice paddies in the area. Mountains and Nakagusuku Bay in the background. The Okinawans walk down a road near the bay.
U.S. Navy bombardment of beach at Kerama Retto, Okinawa, during World War 2 invasion of Okinawa. LSMs (Landing Ship, Medium), destroyers and battle ships underway. Rocket barrage fired. Rocky shoreline of the island in the background. Details seen include: Time 00:25 is the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40 firing main and secondary batteries. Time 00:41 is a detailed closeup bow-on view of the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40. (Note: As seen, the USS New Mexico did retain its casemated 5-inch/51 caliber guns for the Okinawa invasion, contrary to some historic references.)
U.S. Marines of 1st and 2nd Battalions,29th Regiment, 6th Division, evacuate wounded in hill areas of Okinawa. Marines in hilly, wooded terrain carry casualty on a blanket. Marines pass with casualty through a wooded terrain. They treat the wounded Marine lying on ground. Marine make casualty tag for wounded marine lying on the ground. (World War II period).