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.
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.
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.
Armorers work on P-47N Thunderbolts of the 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group, on Ie Shima Airfield, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. The unit was targeting Kyushu, Japan, near end of World War 2. Airmen near P-47s. Airman on the wing of a plane. Another walks nearby. Gun camera footage shot inflight and aerial views of return to Ie Shima, including the landing rollout.
Shirtless U.S. Army Air Forces ground crew members refuel a 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group, P-47N airplane, on Ie Shima Island, Ryukyu Islands, preparing to attack Kyushu, in final days of World War 2. Picture of a girl and the words 'Winkie Jean' painted on the nose of the P-47.
U.S. Army Grave Registration service in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands during World War II. Soldiers in slit trenches put on personal equipment in preparation for move. African American troops of 96th Grave Registration Unit remove dead bodies from collection point and load them into a jeep. The jeep pulls away.