People working in Okinawa. Natives around compounds building temporary shelters. Unloading bags of rice into storehouse. Leveling the mud on ground with machine. Trees in the area.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. The activities of the U.S. 1st and 6th Marine Divisions on the island. Mountains in the foreground. Battleships underway at sea. Soldiers fire guns from the ships. Smoke from bombardment. The 24th Army Corps and the Marine units effect a landing. Tanks being floated ashore on pontoons. Marines and tanks move inland. They advance on the field. Rifle grenades being used to capture a Japanese command post.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Marines advance along the way. They fire guns. Smoke arises due to firing. Corpses being inspected. A wounded Japanese soldier crawls from his nest. Marines and Japanese troops skirmish in a wooded area. An airstrip is captured and graded. Dummy tanks and planes and a "Baka" suicide plane being inspected (A Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka). Soldiers stand near an aircraft. Planes take off from the runway.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Marines on tanks as they advance in the area. Some marines stand along the way. Suicide boats, packed with explosives and intended for launching down a hill and into a stream being inspected. Wrecked rail roads.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Marines advance towards a village. Marines and flame-throwing tanks mop up the village. The huts set on fire. Smoke rises up. Destroyed houses and wrecked vehicles in the area. Aerial view of the destruction.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Corsair planes in flight over the area. Food, water and munitions being parachuted from the planes to marines as they creep up a hill. Tank guns fire into caves. Firing and bombardment in the area. Smoke arises due to bombardment. Wounded being carried to the rear.