The Pacific Theater of World War II. A United States Navy ship cruising towards Iwo Jima attacked by Kamikaze planes of Imperial Japan. Kamikaze planes dive bombing toward US Navy ships. Huge ship anti aircraft guns on warships fire at the Japanese planes. Explosions on the ships and in the ocean. View as kamikaze aircraft is hit by anti-aircraft fire but continues on its path and strikes the USS Saratoga (CV-3), causing large explosion and smoke billowing upward. US Navy sailors fight fires and try to extinguish fire.
Invasion of Aguni Jima in Okinawa, Japan. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) underway in Pacific Theater. Control Boat 'flying Charlie' underway. Landing Craft Infantry aboard LVT. Shoreline of Aguni Jima in view. Bombing on the shoreline. Smoke rises due to explosions on the shoreline. Destroyer ships underway. (World War II period).
Amphibious assault on Okinawa, Pacific Theater. Landing Ships underway. Mountains in the background. United States 1st and 6th Marine Divisions and 24th Army Corps land on beach. Tanks float ashore on pontoons. Troops advance on beach. They disperse on the beach. Rifle grenades are used in capturing a Japanese command post. Artillery fired. Troops approach installations. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on uneven terrain of Okinawa. Smoke rises up due to firing. The troops organize the civilians of the island. Refugees clog a road. Destructed bridges on the island. Jeeps and tanks advance. Amphitracks and jeeps cross a stream. Bulldozers repair a road. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on the island. A horse carrying loads. A tank advances on the road. Troops on hilly areas. Snipers are routed from the hills with pack charges and small arms fired. Smoke and explosions. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers. Corpses are inspected. A wounded Japanese soldier crawls from his nest. U.S. Marines and Japanese troops fight in a wooded area. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on the island on the hilly areas. U.S. Marines and Japanese troops fight in a wooded area. Fire and smoke. Dead soldiers in view. Troops advance on field. Soldiers carry wounded on stretchers. An airstrip is captured and graded. Dummy tanks inspected. Troops find a 'Baka' kamikaze suicide aircraft (Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, rocket powered, human-guided attack aircraft). Obsolete planes on airstrip. Airstrip is repaired. Aerial view of airstrip. Tanks advance on roads. Suicide boats are inspected. They are packed with explosives and intended for launching down hill into a stream. (World War II period).