The Battle of Okinawa in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. U.S. Marine command post men lying flat on the ground. The Marines advance across an open field. A Marine advancing in the open field. Three Marines at a command post near the top of a ridge. A tank advancing in the background.
The Battle of Okinawa in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A United States M5 tank with name "Amapola" painted on side is seen passing in the foreground. Two tanks advance and United States Army infantrymen follow behind. The tanks fire. Shells burst. The command post at the top of a ridge. The tanks firing. Smoke columns rise as the tanks fire. U.S. Army Lt General Simon Bolivar Buckner directing operations. United States 6th Marine Division tanks in a valley fire at caves on the side of a cliff. Smoke rises due to the firing, and U.S. infantry advance.
U.S. 6th Marines, 22nd Regiment and 2nd Battalion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. The Marines advance along an open field towards a high ridge. Japanese prisoners move down a roadway guarded by Marine MPs (Military Policemen). The U.S. flag is raised on a small tree on the top of the ridge overlooking ocean during flag raising ceremonies on the southern tip of Okinawa.
U.S. 6th Marines, 22nd Regiment and 2nd Battalion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Injured Okinawan civilians who were hiding in a large cave are treated by U.S. medical corpsmen. The Marines stand on the edge of a large cave. American soldier carries an injured civilian woman to a open bed truck loaded with other Okinawa civilians. Water and food is given to Japanese prisoners. U.S. Army soldier gives water to a native civilian girl and boy.
Activities of U.S. 1st Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan on the L+1 Day during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. U.S. 1st Marine Infantry Division seated on the ground. United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Pedro Augusto Del Valle and U.S. Colonel Robert O. Bare talk to each other. Del Valle smokes. A situation map shows advance.
Activities of natives and U.S. 1st Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan on the L+3 Day during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II An elderly Okinawan civilian sitting outside a shack. A group of Okinawan natives. U.S. 1st Marine Division personnel move into a barbed wire perimeter. Huts in an area. A marine leads a group of natives near village of Sobe. The Okinawans being led into fields. A 105mm howitzer in the background. The marine and the natives walk. An LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked). Marines and natives move past silhouette against the sky. Okinawan natives proceed on a road. A prisoner with hands in air. The marine and the group of natives, mostly women, walk on the road. The marine throws a grenade in a cave.