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.
People working in Okinawa. Native woman tying a towel around her head. Barbed wire entanglements in the background. Women washing clothes. Marines standing and discussing along village road. Sign reads: 'Slow Down, Civilian Compound, Off Limits, Brower Road'. Women crossing a street.
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, Japan during World War II. Soldiers fire guns. Okinawan refugees emerge from huts and clog a road. Jeeps, tanks and amphi tracks ford a stream. Bulldozers repair a road.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Marines advancing along the way. Snipers are routed from the hills with pack charges and small arms fire. Dead body of soldiers lying on the street. Smoke arises due to firing.
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.