Invasion of Okinawa. U.S. naval bombardment and shelling on island of Kerama Group. Landing crafts approach beach. LVT (Landing Vechicle, Tracked) move up on beaches of Okinawa. Infantry and armored units of 3rd Battalion, 305th Regimental Combat Team takes immediate control of beach. Japanese caves shelled by howitzers. Troops move inland and further. Japanese suicide boats along caves on shores destroyed by bombs. Japanese interpreter of U.S. 3rd Battalion asks a Korean prisoner in fields to go up hill and persuade Japanese for surrender. Korean prisoner goes towards hill with truce flag. Japanese come down hill. Surrendered Japanese Lieutenant sits with other men. American forces land on another island on Kerama Group where no civilian or military resistance is encountered. Flag rose at captured island. Troops plan invasion of another Kerama Group island aboard ship. Invasion of Tokashiki by U.S. troops. U.S. troops move inland. Troops march along trails on hill. Wrecked houses in town. Officer looks through binocular from observation post. American flag behind officer. Artillery fire shelling Tokashiki Island. (World War II period).
The United States fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. United States invasion convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. United States soldiers loaded in LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanized) head for the coast of Okinawa. A cameraman in a landing craft as he sues an Eyemo camera. Men on the stern of the landing craft as they look through binoculars. Ships in the background. Men at a gun aboard a LCM. An LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) alongside a vessel.
United States fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Ships at sea. Landing crafts loaded with soldiers head towards the beach. Naval guns aboard a destroyer and a battleship fire at the coast of Okinawa, Japan. Smoke rises due to firing. A ship underway at sea.
Floods in Okinawa, Japan. Men carry gear through deep mud. Supplies carried across swollen creek. Water pours through a pipe in creek dam. Men carry two white rabbits.
Floods in Okinawa, Japan. Bomb disposal truck & armored car in water offshore. (World War II period).
View of 14" guns of USS Mississippi (BB-41) firing on Okinawa, Japan. USS Mississippi mounted guns fired. (World War II period).