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Wounded U.S. Marines being unloaded from Stinson L-5B aircraft on Okinawa in June 1945.
Air evacuation of wounded United States Marines on Okinawa by U.S. Army Air Forces Stinson and Marine Corps L-5B during World War 2. Various shots of wounded Marines on stretchers being unloaded from the aircraft. Medics carrying the wounded to a medical hut. More L-5B's land. A wounded Marine on a stretcher in L-5B talks with men standing outside the aircraft. Marine on a stretcher being released from harness. Stretcher being carried to a medical tent. L-5B aircraft lands and a litter case being loaded aboard Red Cross ambulance. Ambulance pulls away from the area with tents in the background. A shark-mouthed Marine Corps OY-1 (Stinson L-5) with the name "Budie" painted on nose taxis in front of camera. Identifiable aircraft in this clip: 44-16952 and 44-17164, both of the 163rd Liaison Squadron.
Mopping up operations at end of battle for Okinawa in World War II. Numerous Japanese prisoners of war impounded.
Opening scene shows tents housing more than 1500 Japanese prisoners of war at Kadena, Okinawa during World War 2. The area is surrounded by fencing and, as camera pans, it shows an American soldier overlooking the prison camp as he holds a Browning M1919A6 light machine gun. Another view of the prison compound with warning sign against admittance and another sign reading: "PW inclosure." As narrator refers to "mopping up operations" a jeep carrying more Japanese POWs drives past the signs. Ambulatory Japanese POW entering the prison compound past armed military policeman. View from inside the compound as Japanese POWs enter. A POW being frisked by a U.S. soldier. Closeups of some Japanese prisoners standing behind barbed wire enclosure. American soldier makes notes as he interviews a prisoner. POWs receiving haircuts under a tent in the stockade. Others washing and shaving at an outdoor trough of water. Some seen playing a board game at a tent. POWs in a wrestling contest, surrounded by others watching. Prisoners offloading supplies from a truck and stacking them in their compound. POWs cooking food in large kettles and distributing it to other prisoners. Various views of prisoners in the compound. U.S. medics attending to a wounded POW, administering blood plasma. Numerous Japanese prisoners loosely assembled outdoors. Next, on June 22, 1945, U.S. troops are assembled for a flag raising ceremony. The U.S. flag is raised on a tall flagpole to mark the securing of Okinawa. An unidentified U.S. Army Lieutenant General leads the ceremony, saluting as the colors are raised. (Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Commander, 10th Army that took Okinawa, was killed 4 days earlier, on June 18, 1945.)
Japan Kamikazes attack U.S. Navy Task Force 58, in battle of Okinawa in World War II
Role of U.S. Navy Task Force 58 in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. Film begins showing amphibious assault by U.S. forces of Navy Task Force 58, against Okinawa, on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945. Higgins Boats from U.S. transport ships race through the water and discharge troops on the land, with no signs of Japanese resistance. Some of the boats' markings show they came from the U.S transport ship USS Barnett (APA-5). Sailor aboard a transport ship uses ax to cut a line and release a power boat from its davits. The boat drops into the water with a huge splash. View of lines of U.S soldiers and marines wading through shallow water toward mud flats on the land. Closeups of Troops with landing craft behind them. advance overland with no signs of Japanese resistance. Troops sitting on a landing vehicle tracked (LVT) parked in sand. U.S. infantry begin moving inland accompanied by armor and military trucks and other vehicles. The area is very quiet, with no sign of enemy activity. Views of Army and Marine Corps infantry walking beside an M4 Sherman tank. Views of soldiers using binoculars in effort to detect any signs of the enemy. Crews in combat gear, at battle stations aboard Navy ships waiting patiently for enemy action. It came suddenly in the form of Kamikaze attacks on April 6, 1945, when the Navy's radar picket ships were attacked followed by general attacks against U.S. Capital ships. A kamikaze is seen striking an Essex-class aircraft carrier amidst ship, setting off explosions on the ship. Anti-aircraft gunners on various ships are seen firing at the Japanese planes. Another ship is struck by a Kamikaze. Douglas Dauntless and F4F aircraft being launched from carriers. The Battleship, USS Maryland (BB-46), is struck by a kamikaze that knocks out some of her gun emplacements, but she continues her mission in spite of the damage. A kamikaze aircraft is seen attacking the USS Yorktown (CV-10). It is hit by anti-aircraft fire and just misses the ship, splashing into the water nearby. Air is filled by black smoke puffs, from anti-aircraft fire as Japanese aircraft maneuver overhead. One is struck and falls burning to crash in the water, just off the flight deck of a carrier. Gun camera clip showing a multi-engine Japanese aircraft being shot down from behind, by a U.S. aircraft. Closeup of a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 aircraft in flight, peeling off to attack. More gun camera footage of a Japanese multi-engine aircraft being shot down from behind. A Kamikaze airplane diving down under anti-aircraft fire and crashing into the sea. Gunners firing Bofors anti-aircraft guns from gun emplacements beside the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Skies filled with black flak clouds. On 11 April, a low-flying kamikaze Zero, although fired upon, is seen crashing on the battleship, USS Missouri USS (BB-63). It strikes her starboard side, just below her main deck level. The starboard wing of the plane was thrown far forward, starting a gasoline fire at 5 in (127 mm) Gun Mount No. 3. At the same time, another kamikaze crashes into the sea in the foreground. An aircraft carrier's gunners fire anti-aircraft Bofors guns at a Kamikaze plane that swoops over her flight deck and crashes, exploding, into the sea just off the flight deck. A low flying Kamikaze aircraft crashes into the sea off the bow of an escort carrier, underway. Heavy black smoke rises from the airplane blowing up. A huge explosion with a white cloud of smoke is seen above the battleship USS Missouri.
Chaplain conducts V-E (Victory in Europe) Day thanksgiving services in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.
Group of U.S. servicemen gather in clearing near tents, on Okinawa, on May 8, 1945, (V-E Day) to give thanks for the end of World War 2 in Europe. One sits at improvised organ. Officers and a Chaplain enter the clearing. The Chaplain distributes song sheets and conducts the group in singing, accompanied by organist. At conclusion, all turn and face the American flag flying nearby.
United States warships and the Marine Corps raid and gain control over the Japanese island of Okinawa, during World War II.
The Pacific Theater of World War II during the Year 1945. Attack on Japanese island of Okinawa by the United States Military. United States Navy ships from the sea, launch a number of missiles towards the islands. The missiles traverse an aerial route and destroy the target Japanese positions. United States Marine Corps raid the island moving in amphibious landing tractors towards the island. Battle between Japanese soldiers and U.S. Marines. American flag hoisted on Okinawa after four months of furious battle. Officials and Military Commanders and soldiers salute the flag.
Casualties loaded onto USAAF L-5B aircraft on Okinawa, Japan.
Air evacuation of Marine causualties from narrow road, near Itomen, Okinawa in 1945 during World War 2. A Stinson L-5B Sentinel ambulance aircraft of the 163rd Liaison Squadron lands and rolls past a flagman and waiting Marine with arm wound. View of the wounded Marine inside the airplane. View of L-5B taking off and in flight. Wounded Marine on stretcher being loaded on an L-5B and another being taken, on a stretcher, from an ambulance and loaded on an L-5B.