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U.S. Navy capital warships support ground troops during U.S. invasion of Okinawa, Japan (WW2)
An animated graphic shows Japanese gunfire near Naha Okinawa pounding U.S. 420th Group artillery positions located on the small island of Keise Jima, near Okinawa. Also animation of the U.S. Navy Cruiser, USS Tuscaloosa, moving in to provide counterfire against the Japanese batteries near Naha. Actual views of U.S. warships provide a floating mobile artillery to support the ground troops. U.S. warships firing on Japanese artillery positions near Naha Airfield. Details seen include: At time 00:36, the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40, firing a starboard mounted 5in/25cal gun. Time 00:40 is the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43 in camouflage Measure 32v1, Design 1D earlier in the war. Time 00:52 is the battleship USS Colorado, BB-45, in camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D and in the background is the battleship USS West Virginia in camouflage Measure 32, Design 7D. (World War II period)
United States 6th Marine Division and 6th Tank Battalion in Senaga Shima, Okinawa.
American Marines in action in Senaga Shima, Okinawa, Japan. United States 6th Marine Division and 6th Tank Battalion move along a road. Marine machine gun squad moves down a road under the protection of tanks. Marines move up a ridge of Okinawa.
Destructed village and a naval defense gun in Senaga Shima, Okinawa.
Japanese hill fortifications in Senaga Shima, Okinawa, Japan. An Allied soldier near a cave with rubble spread on the ground. Destructed houses in a village east of Naha, Okinawa. A damaged naval defense gun. Entrance of a cave blocked by rubble. A hole in the hill. (World War II period).
Allied troops raise American flag after defeating Japanese troops in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. American soldiers raise American flag after defeating Japanese in Okinawa, Japan. Japanese civilians walk across a field. Japanese prisoners lined up outside a wrecked building.
LST and LSM approach underway at sea during the invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A LST (Landing ship Tank) and LSM (Landing Ship Medium) underway at sea. Bow of a vessel. Convoy of LST underway off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.
Battle for Okinawa in World War II
U.S. infantry and M4 Sherman tanks move against heavily fortified Japanese positions on Okinawa during World War 2. American soldiers use flame throwers to dislodge Japanese defenders. Two soldiers run as an explosion occurs behind them. U.S. artillery firing from under camouflage netting. Glimpse of soldier walking past a burning building. Okinawan women and children seek refuge behind the U.S.Tenth Army lines. A soldier carries a naked baby to safety. View of Okinawan refugees (Ryukyuan people), mostly women and children and some old people, seated together where they are to be cared for by the Army's Civil Affairs Command. Wounded American soldiers being placed aboard a U.S. Air Transport Command C-47 aircraft number 42-72383. Change of scene to the battlefield where a U.S. Army soldiers throw a hand grenades that explode on a Japanese caves. A Japanese soldier is shot as he stumbles out of his cave. Another Japanese soldier is take prisoner. U.S. soldier fires his rifle and a Japanese soldier falls to the ground. Scenes shift to the sea off of Okinawa, where a Benson-Livermore class destroyer is seen under a sky full of black flak clouds. Closeup of the destroyer. A Japanese aircraft is shot down as it flies toward a U.S. New Orleans class heavy cruiser. It crashes into the sea near another U.S. capital ship. An attacking Japanese plane is shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashes into the sea. More flak filled skies and bombs exploding along with machine gun fire raking the waters. Anti-aircraft tracer bullets firing from ships. A Japanese plane hit, is burning, and then explodes in the air. A Douglas dauntless aircraft lands on an aircraft carrier. Another aircraft doesn't make it to the carrier, and ditches in the water nearby. The pilot is seen standing on the plane's right wing, awaiting pick up. A Navy F4U Corsair plane approaches its carrier to land but loses control and crashes into the carrier's island. Firefighters direct streams of water on it's burning wreckage.