Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance the island. Japanese aircraft bomb the island. U.S. Marines in open fields. Heavy smoke protects the marines on open slopes. Tank guns are fired. Marines fire guns in wooded area. Fire and smoke. Soldiers crawl on the island. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance the island. Roads muddy due to water. Trucks, jeeps and tanks move along the water flooded roads with difficulty. Advancing troops and supplies slowed down. Tank and infantry units in fields. Phosphorous and small arms fired on camouflaged Japanese positions. Heavy smoke rises up. Fire and smoke. Tanks and soldiers advance. Army corps relieved by Marines in South Naha. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance the island. The Marine units move away from Naha and Shuri. Troops on tanks and trucks. Rockets and artillery strike and bombard 'Sugar Loaf Hill'. Heavy smoke and fire due to explosions. Soldiers fire. Self propelled 155mm artillery system brought up. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on Naha. Two Marines look at a map and confer. Artillery and dive bombers bombard Naha. U.S. Marines occupy the outskirts. Fire and explosions. Heavy black smoke rises up. Bombing at day and night. Tank guns fired. Firing in streets of Naha. (World War II period).
United States aircraft in flight over water in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. Japanese ships underway. Tracers fired against small ships. Splashes in water. Fire and explosions. Hits at mid ships. Tracing fire against a landing craft. Aerial view of shoreline. Traffic on road near the shore. (World War II period).
United States troops on an island in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. They look through trees in a wooded area and advance. A soldier washes his clothes in water near the shore. He hangs it. He transports water using a Japanese bucket on a stick. A view of the beach. Palm trees on beach. Mountains in the background. A Japanese standard barge under camouflage on the beach. (World War II period).