Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Soldiers of the U.S. 307th Regiment, 77th Division move across the field. They pass a knocked-out U.S. tank.
Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. M-18 motor carriage fires from a hilltop position. Soldiers load and fire the gun. Shells explode on hill. Smoke due to firing. (World War II period).
Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. U.S. Tenth Army General Simon B. Buckner visits the U.S. 77th Division. General in fatigue clothes and helmet as he discusses with a soldier. M-18 tank passes over a dirt road. (World War II period).
Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. Tents of the 4124th Quartermaster Truck Company in flooded area. African American soldiers walk in and out of tents as they retrieve some of their equipment. They discuss amongst themselves.
The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Soldiers advance through the muddy area. Two mail clerks of the 77th Division on horseback carry mail from forward to backward echelon. Vehicles pass through the muddy area.
The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Vehicles and trucks pass through the muddy area. Soldiers up to their waists in water attach cable to a bulldozer. The bulldozer pulls a truck.