U.S. 1st Marine Division near Shuri Castle, Okinawa. A group of Marines sitting. Smoke rises from an island in distance. View of terrain. Marines move up the Shuri Castle. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers. Ramparts of Shuri Castle. (World War II period).
U.S. 1st Battalion 1st Marine Regiment receives parachute supplies from TBM planes in Okinawa. Wrecked Japanese radio tower. TBM planes drop supplies by parachute. Parachutes descend over rocky terrain. Marines in full combat gear with weapons slung over shoulders go over the rocky terrain. Rubble in the area.
U.S. Marines transfer command post near Shuri in Okinawa. A Marine carrying a large reel of telephone wire tries to get through flooded and muddy road. Vehicles stuck in background. Other Marine follows with full transport pack on. They carry crates of supplies on stretchers. Marines carry packs and equipment, going over flooded and muddy road. Some of them going over road which still has flood stream running over it. Marines with supplies going around edge of embankment, flood water coming over embankment and falling down into revetment.
U.S. Marines transfer command post near Shuri in Okinawa. Marines carry supplies through muddy and flooded terrain. Marines load onto trucks. Men hand supplies up to other men on truck. They wade through flooded roads. More supplies transferred on truck. Three Marines light cigarettes.