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Troops of U.S. 96th Grave Registration Unit remove dog tags and belongings from dead bodies in Okinawa during World War II.
U.S. Army Grave Registration service in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands during World War II. African American troops of 96th Grave Registration Unit remove dog tags and personnel belongings from dead bodies of U.S. soldiers. A soldier writes in a diary.
Dead bodies of U.S. soldiers are buried at 96th Division Cemetery in Okinawa during World War II.
Burial services for dead U.S. soldiers at 96th Division Cemetery in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands during World War II. Soldiers at work and a bulldozer operating on a military cemetery. Canvas-wrapped bodies buried in large common grave. Completed section of 96th Division Cemetery showing crosses.
Gun crews of the U.S. 382nd Infantry Regiment fire machine guns,antitank guns and rifles from ridge of Zebra Hill in Okinawa.
U.S. troops battling enemy on ridge of Zebra Hill in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands during World War II. Soldiers and gun crews of the 382nd Infantry Regiment fire machine guns, antitank guns and rifles from positions on the ridge of Zebra Hill. Shells burst over Japanese positions.
Tracer bullets fired at Japanese plane which is hit and shot down in Pacific.
LST (Landing Ship, Tank) convoy heading for Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. Tracer bullets fired at Japanese plane in sky. Japanese plane is hit and shot down. U.S. battleship underway. (World War II period).
American ships of Task force 58 defend against Japanese Kamikaze attacks during April and May, of 1945 in World War II battle of Okinawa.
Film opens with shaky views of Japanese Kamikaze airplane attacking and being shot down by gunners on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of Task Force 58, during the Okinawa campaign of World War 2. Burning wrecked aircraft seen on the carrier flight deck. Firefighters run across flight deck with hoses. A landing F4F fighter plane number 59 runs into the flaming wreckage on the deck, and explodes. View from the side of F4F number 58 engulfed in flames as it sits in a pool of firefighting foam. Black flak clouds in the air. A Kamikaze aircraft crashes harmlessly into the sea. Deck crewmen help a pilot out of the cockpit of a fire scorched F4F. View of sailors standing next to a pair of heavy gun barrels on a U.S. warship. Parachuting U.S. pilot seen touching down in the water after bailing out of his aircraft. Sailors running across the flight deck of a carrier. View of the pilot in his life vest being helped aboard the carrier. More views of flak filled sky and a flaming Japanese airplane diving straight down to crash harmlessly in the water. View of American flag at half mast on a U.S. Navy warship. It is April 12, 1945 and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) has just died. View of sailors on deck in a memorial service for the President. Closeup of mourners singing with hymnals open. Closeup glimpse of FDR. More views of mourners. Scene changes to Japanese Kamikaze being blasted out of the air in pieces, by anti-aircraft fire from a U.S. carrier. The remains fall into the sea. View from U.S. ship, of a Japanese Nakajima L2D transport aircraft with flames coming out of its right wing, as it descends close to the water near the ship, with its landing gear down. View from a more distant ship of the transport plane exploding in the water near a U.S. Escort aircraft carrier. Twin Bofors anti-aircraft guns firing from a U.S. ship. Tracer bullets fill the sky aimed at a Japanese Kamikaze plane. Slates overlay the scene announcing Japanese aircraft shot down: "April 6th: 277 aircraft; April 12th: 100; May 3rd: 97;" Film ends showing more anti-aircraft fire from ships against attacking Japanese aircraft.
Wounded U.S. Marines being loaded aboard Stinson L-5B Sentinel ambulance aircraft in Okinawa , June 1945.
Air evacuation of wounded United States Marines in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Marines unload a litter patient from an ambulance and load it aboard U.S. Army Air Forces L-5B aircraft of the 163rd Liaison Squadron. Aircraft taxis for take off. A signalman with flags with numerous Marine and Air Force L-5 aircraft in the background. Marines unload a wounded marine on a stretcher from the ambulance and load it aboard L-5B aircraft. Another litter patient being loaded aboard the L-5B aircraft. Identifiable aircraft serial numbers: 44-16995, 163rd Liaison Squadron