United States 7th Infantry Division soldiers advance on Okinawa Island. Ground view from top of mountain. Formation of aircraft overhead. A tree in the foreground. Flame throwing tanks in action. Aircraft in flight. Soldiers cross valley and advance up hillside. (World War II period).
Marines of 6th Marine Regiment 22nd Marines advance in Okinawa. Tanks move across plain. Tanks fire out over plain. M4A3 tank and Marines moves along road. Four M4A2 tanks move out from cover onto plain. M4A2 under cover of trees. Marine behind the turret of tank uses binoculars. (World War II period).
Evacuation of U.S. soldier casualties from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, in World War 2. A injured soldier carried on a stretcher from a field ambulance and placed into a Stinson L-5B Sentinel aircraft flown by the 163rd Liaison Squadron. Several casualties and L-5B aircraft.
T-21, 75mm and 57mm recoilless rifles are test fired in Okinawa. Gun crew firing rifle on Japanese caves in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. Crew places shells in rifle. Explosions from shells fired on hills. Trooper fires 57mm rifle from behind embankment. (World War II period).
U.S. Army Grave Registration service in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands during World War II. Soldiers in slit trenches put on personal equipment in preparation for move. African American troops of 96th Grave Registration Unit remove dead bodies from collection point and load them into a jeep. The jeep pulls away.
U.S. army grave registration service in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands during World War II. African American troops of 96th Grave Registration Unit remove dead bodies from collection point and load them into a truck.