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U.S. ground forces fight their way across Okinawa against stout Japanese resistance
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance in the villages of the islands. Tanks advance in the villages. Marines approach houses in the village. Fire and smoke due to explosions. Dead bodies lay on ground. Fire rises up from the houses in village. Flame throwing Sherman tanks set huge fires throughout the villages. Aerial view of smoke over island. Infantry equipped with small arms, and some seen carrying flame thrower packs on their backs, moving along the roads without heavy support weapons. U.S. Douglas TBM Avenger aircraft drop food, water and munitions by parachute to Marines climbing hills. Smoke protects Marines crossing an open slope. (World War II period).
Japanese aircraft bomb Okinawa and United States Marines carry wounded soldiers.
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on the islands. Japanese aircraft in flight over the island. They bomb the island. U.S. Marines in open fields. U.S. Tanks on field. Firing and explosion. Smoke rises up. U.S. Marines fire artillery. The wounded soldiers are evacuated safely. U.S. Troops carry the wounded soldiers on stretchers. (World War II period).
Heavy smoke protects United States Marines in open fields, Okinawa, Pacific Theater.
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance the island. Japanese aircraft bomb the island. U.S. Marines in open fields. Heavy smoke protects the marines on open slopes. Tank guns are fired. Marines fire guns in wooded area. Fire and smoke. Soldiers crawl on the island. (World War II period).
Transport through tanks, trucks and jeeps slowed down in Okinawa, Pacific Theater.
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance the island. Roads muddy due to water. Trucks, jeeps and tanks move along the water flooded roads with difficulty. Advancing troops and supplies slowed down. Tank and infantry units in fields. Phosphorous and small arms fired on camouflaged Japanese positions. Heavy smoke rises up. Fire and smoke. Tanks and soldiers advance. Army corps relieved by Marines in South Naha. (World War II period).
United States Marine units bomb 'Sugar Loaf Hill' in Okinawa, Pacific Theater.
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance the island. The Marine units move away from Naha and Shuri. Troops on tanks and trucks. Rockets and artillery strike and bombard 'Sugar Loaf Hill'. Heavy smoke and fire due to explosions. Soldiers fire. Self propelled 155mm artillery system brought up. (World War II period).
Artillery and dive bombers bombard Naha in Okinawa, Pacific Theater.
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on Naha. Two Marines look at a map and confer. Artillery and dive bombers bombard Naha. U.S. Marines occupy the outskirts. Fire and explosions. Heavy black smoke rises up. Bombing at day and night. Tank guns fired. Firing in streets of Naha. (World War II period).