Flag raising ceremony by U.S. Army at Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Commander-General of USAFPOA (US Army Forces Pacific Ocean Area) Lieutenant General Robert Richardson, Jr. and General Ray D. Geiger hold separate press conferences. General Geiger shakes hands with newsmen.
Civilians in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Two signal flares dropped to earth. Civilians migrate from front to rear lines. Civilians rest at roadside.
Okinawan civilians in Okinawa during World War II. Civilians migrate from front to rear lines. They rest at roadside and start walking along the road.
U.S. army battles enemy in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Stream of fire from flame-throwing tank near Hill no. 89. U.S. soldiers pass in the foreground. Smoke rises from the hill.
U.S. soldiers and Okinawan civilians in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Soldiers round up a group of natives. Line of civilians at aid station wait for medical attention. A woman being treated for sulphur burns on her back.
United States 3rd Corps,Medical Battalion in Okinawa during World War II. A corpsman packs a wounded soldier's arm in ice. A shirt stuck to arm around the wound being cut away. Wounded arm. More ice being packed around the arm. A blanket being put over ice.