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Allied troops raise American flag after defeating Japanese troops in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. American soldiers raise American flag after defeating Japanese in Okinawa, Japan. Japanese civilians walk across a field. Japanese prisoners lined up outside a wrecked building.
Landing Ship Tanks unload LVT off the coast of Geruma Shima in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) approach an anchored LST (Landing ship Tank). LVT enters a LST. Line of LST underway. Coast of Geruma Shima strafed by aerial bombings. LVT exit from the tank deck of a LST. Allied troops in a landing craft approach the beach. Soldiers move on the beach after landing.
LVT approach the coast of Geruma Shima in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War. American troops walk past a native village with huts in the background. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) approach the beach at Geruma Shima as smoke rises. LVT at the beach. A number of LVT underway as they move towards the beach.
LST and LSM approach underway at sea during the invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A LST (Landing ship Tank) and LSM (Landing Ship Medium) underway at sea. Bow of a vessel. Convoy of LST underway off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.
Events in career of Chester Nimitz. The battle for Okinawa.
The U.S. assault on Okinawa during World War II. U.S. battleships bombard Okinawa. U.S. amphibious assault forces in landing craft and fighting their way on shore under heavy fire from Japanese defenders. U.S troops employ tanks, flame throwers, machine guns, recoilless weapons, and small arms. Funeral services aboard a U.S. naval ship for fallen American servicemen. U.S. naval ships defending against Japanese Kamikaze attacks. Admiral Nimitz visiting troops on Okinawa, following the battle.
Battle for Okinawa in World War II
U.S. infantry and M4 Sherman tanks move against heavily fortified Japanese positions on Okinawa during World War 2. American soldiers use flame throwers to dislodge Japanese defenders. Two soldiers run as an explosion occurs behind them. U.S. artillery firing from under camouflage netting. Glimpse of soldier walking past a burning building. Okinawan women and children seek refuge behind the U.S.Tenth Army lines. A soldier carries a naked baby to safety. View of Okinawan refugees (Ryukyuan people), mostly women and children and some old people, seated together where they are to be cared for by the Army's Civil Affairs Command. Wounded American soldiers being placed aboard a U.S. Air Transport Command C-47 aircraft number 42-72383. Change of scene to the battlefield where a U.S. Army soldiers throw a hand grenades that explode on a Japanese caves. A Japanese soldier is shot as he stumbles out of his cave. Another Japanese soldier is take prisoner. U.S. soldier fires his rifle and a Japanese soldier falls to the ground. Scenes shift to the sea off of Okinawa, where a Benson-Livermore class destroyer is seen under a sky full of black flak clouds. Closeup of the destroyer. A Japanese aircraft is shot down as it flies toward a U.S. New Orleans class heavy cruiser. It crashes into the sea near another U.S. capital ship. An attacking Japanese plane is shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashes into the sea. More flak filled skies and bombs exploding along with machine gun fire raking the waters. Anti-aircraft tracer bullets firing from ships. A Japanese plane hit, is burning, and then explodes in the air. A Douglas dauntless aircraft lands on an aircraft carrier. Another aircraft doesn't make it to the carrier, and ditches in the water nearby. The pilot is seen standing on the plane's right wing, awaiting pick up. A Navy F4U Corsair plane approaches its carrier to land but loses control and crashes into the carrier's island. Firefighters direct streams of water on it's burning wreckage.