The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. The activities of the U.S. 1st and 6th Marine Divisions on the island. Mountains in the foreground. Battleships underway at sea. Soldiers fire guns from the ships. Smoke from bombardment. The 24th Army Corps and the Marine units effect a landing. Tanks being floated ashore on pontoons. Marines and tanks move inland. They advance on the field. Rifle grenades being used to capture a Japanese command post.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Soldiers fire guns. Okinawan refugees emerge from huts and clog a road. Jeeps, tanks and amphi tracks ford a stream. Bulldozers repair a road.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Marines advancing along the way. Snipers are routed from the hills with pack charges and small arms fire. Dead body of soldiers lying on the street. Smoke arises due to firing.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Marines advance along the way. They fire guns. Smoke arises due to firing. Corpses being inspected. A wounded Japanese soldier crawls from his nest. Marines and Japanese troops skirmish in a wooded area. An airstrip is captured and graded. Dummy tanks and planes and a "Baka" suicide plane being inspected (A Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka). Soldiers stand near an aircraft. Planes take off from the runway.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Marines on tanks as they advance in the area. Some marines stand along the way. Suicide boats, packed with explosives and intended for launching down a hill and into a stream being inspected. Wrecked rail roads.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Marines advance towards a village. Marines and flame-throwing tanks mop up the village. The huts set on fire. Smoke rises up. Destroyed houses and wrecked vehicles in the area. Aerial view of the destruction.