Rehabilitation of natives in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. Native children on the ground. Beans are crushed in a mortar and a pestle. A woman cleans beans by shaking it. The woman cooks food. Two men work with a phonograph record player to start it. Dick Miller, an American actor, with Okinawans in a compound. A native man performs a dance in the compound. The natives watch him.
Activities of U.S. 1st Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. A man of U.S. 1st Marine Division leads a group of Okinawan prisoners. The prisoners march to a stockade. Another man follows at the end of the group.
Activities of U.S. 1st Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. A family leaves the town with their belongings. Natives walk across rice paddies. Marines walk near the rice paddies. The rice paddies in Tengan area. A man watches through binoculars.
Activities of the Okinawans in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. Rice paddies in the area. Mountains and Nakagusuku Bay in the background. The Okinawans walk down a road near the bay.
U.S. 1st Marine Division with the Okinawans in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. A U.S. Marine inspects ruins near Gushikawa. Natives including men, women and children. A U.S. marine smokes with an Okinawan civilian citizen. Young boy shows a Japanese military hat insignia that he is wearing. A Military Police personnel carries a balancing pole holding two buckets on his shoulders. The children carry balancing poles with two buckets. Views of the children.
Staff officers aboard USS Estes off the shore Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Interior of a plotting room aboard USS Estes (AGC-12) as staff officers plot the progress of operations in Okinawa using charts and operation plans. A teletype screen on a bulkhead in the background. The shoreline of Okinawa shows shells bursting and smoke columns near the beach. The message "Suicide boats hidden in inaccessible caves along beaches" appears on the teletype screen. A New York Class battleship from starboard quarter as signal hoist is raised on halyards. An officer reads a letter and turns pages. Pictures of suicide boats in caves are enclosed.