United States 7th Infantry Division soldiers advance on Okinawa Island. Smoke arising from explosions in field. Soldier looks through binoculars. Soldiers in a trench. Aircraft in flight over Okinawa. (World War II period).
1st and 2nd Battalions, 29th Regiment, U.S. 6th Marine Division, advance in Okinawa. Line of Marines in combat gear with weapons slung over shoulders, move along path into heavy wooded section of Okinawa.
Batteries of 7th 155mm Gun Battalion open fire in Okinawa. Batteries of 7th 155mm Gun Battalion open up from dug-in fortification in Okinawa. Guns firing. Dust swirling around. (World War II period).
U.S. 3rd Battalion 22nd Marines on Okinawa island during World War 2. Two Marines carry elderly woman out of hut and lay her down. They gently lift the aged woman onto door which is used as a stretcher. Woman is carried away. Marines set down stretcher holding two women, one suffering from malnutrition. View of legs of other young woman, whose right leg is bent and cut off at ankle by the Japanese when she refused to fall back with the retreating Japanese soldiers. Cameraman slate at end of clip states "Okinawa: Civilians taken from hiding places - When the Japs told them the oncoming Marines would kill them."
U.S. Marines destroy enemy fortifications in Okinawa. Fire comes out from Japanese cave in Okinawa. Column of black smoke rises from cave. Two Marines around wreckage of jeep and trailer. (World War II period).
Raising of American flag by U.S. 6th Marine Division 29th Marines on Northern peninsula of Okinawa. Marines in dungarees prepare to raise American flag at Northern tip of Okinawa. Marine officer makes a speech, Marines stand at attention in the foreground. Marine on side holds flag which is folded. Honor Guard in the background comes to present arms dressed in dungarees and helmets. A man in the foreground starts to raise the flag which other man is holding folded. Marine officer salutes. Close up view of American flag flying. Guard in the background presents arms with weapons.