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Bulldozers pull the vehicles through a muddy area in Ryukyu Island, Okinawa during World War II.
The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands during the Battle of Okinawa, World War II. Vehicles move across the muddy area. Bulldozer pulls trucks through washed out culvert. Shacks in the area.
Wounded American soldiers on litters transferred from tents to ambulance in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
Signs read 'CP, 7th Medical Battalion,' and 'Catagut Clearing Station'. Two casualties get out of ambulance. Wounded on litters are taken from tent. Wounded man on litter is carried from Shock tent (sign "Shock" over door...related to post traumatic stress disorder, or "PTSD" in modern terms) and given blood plasma transfusion during his transfer to an ambulance. Man closes doors of jeep. Piper Cub plane parked on rocky field. Sea in the background. Casualty is carried out from plane on litter. (World War II period).
Casualties wearing oxygen masks are placed aboard Stinson L-5B ambulance planes in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
Army Infantry men march by as ambulances delivering casualties to airstrip pass in the other direction. United States soldier casualties on litters are placed into Stinson L-5B Sentinel aircraft. Several of the casualties are wearing oxygen masks. L-5B's taxi on rocky field. Casualty unloaded from ambulance and placed into L-5B. Identifiable aircraft: L-5B serial number 44-16398 of the 163rd Liaison squadron and Marine Corps OY-1 (L-5B) with distinctive shark-mouth painted on nose and number '89' painted on tail.
Casualties removed from ambulance and placed aboard L-5B planes in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
Ambulance moves along highway and over a bumpy road. A wounded man on litter is removed from an ambulance jeep and placed aboard an L-5B plane. Medics give the wounded man a pat as they strap litter to plane. L-5B taxis and takes off. Men stand behind an ambulance.
163rd Liaison Squadron Stinson L-5B airplanes fly low over the water, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
Casualties on litters are removed from an ambulance and taken into tents at field hospital identified by Red Cross flags. Casualties are placed aboard Stinson L-5B planes. L-5Bs flying low over the water pass over warship. Planes are flown by pilots of the 163rd Liaison Squadron.
White smoke arises from exploding artillery shells on hillside in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
United States 7th Infantry Division soldiers advance on Okinawa Island. Artillery shells explode on hillside. White smoke arises from exploding shells. (World War II period).