U.S. 6th Marines advance toward and into Naha in Okinawa. Marines fire light weapons out. Marine lies on top of ridge firing carbine. Marines carry communications wire up hill. They dig in on ridge. Reinforcements come up trail behind ridge. (World War II period).
U.S. 5th Marine Regiment advances towards Naha in Okinawa during World War II. Truck loaded with Marines and pulling trailer move along road. Marines rest at edge of road. Truck in the foreground. Troops move down to truck and get in. Other troops rest on side of road. Marines and trucks move along road. Marines move up path through valley, ocean in the background. Troops rest. Marines rest around Command Post. Marine works on aerial photos checking situation map.
U.S. Marine 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, in combat advancing towards Naha in Okinawa, during World War 2. Marines in front line posts. Smoke rises from side of hill during active battle. Marines move across hillside in the background. Rockets hit on hills. Rocket truck fires, hill in the background. Carriages on rocket truck as rockets are fired. Rocket trucks firing on hills in the background. Tanks deployed in valley fire against Japanese enemy. Explosion on top of ridge. Marines run forward through valley. Tanks advance and fire. Tanks and troops move up. Marines carry wounded casualty under fire. Shell explosion on side of ridge. Marines and tank advance through valley. Machine gunner fires from top of ridge. Tracers fire into enemy positions on hill. Marine observes fire through binoculars. Another Marine looks through binoculars at fire. Marine radios from the front line. Machine gun crew. Plane diving to explosion. Slate at end of clip states date and shot details.
Invasion of Okinawa. U.S. naval bombardment and shelling on island of Kerama Group. Landing crafts approach beach. LVT (Landing Vechicle, Tracked) move up on beaches of Okinawa. Infantry and armored units of 3rd Battalion, 305th Regimental Combat Team takes immediate control of beach. Japanese caves shelled by howitzers. Troops move inland and further. Japanese suicide boats along caves on shores destroyed by bombs. Japanese interpreter of U.S. 3rd Battalion asks a Korean prisoner in fields to go up hill and persuade Japanese for surrender. Korean prisoner goes towards hill with truce flag. Japanese come down hill. Surrendered Japanese Lieutenant sits with other men. American forces land on another island on Kerama Group where no civilian or military resistance is encountered. Flag rose at captured island. Troops plan invasion of another Kerama Group island aboard ship. Invasion of Tokashiki by U.S. troops. U.S. troops move inland. Troops march along trails on hill. Wrecked houses in town. Officer looks through binocular from observation post. American flag behind officer. Artillery fire shelling Tokashiki Island. (World War II period).
U.S. 182nd Regiment lands on Cebu. U.S. landing crafts approach Cebu beach. Troops wade ashore. Palm trees in the background. Major General William H Arnold mapping the drive to city. Equipment is unloaded by men. U.S. troops advance toward Cebu city and encounter road blocks. They sweep for land mines on their way to city. A Bomb is taken out of a hole. Dead body of American soldier killed by land mine. 4.2 inch mortars are brought forward by the 80th Chemical Mortar Battalion (CMB) on beach. Tanks and troops advance towards a village where first organized enemy resistance is encountered. Troops take cover behind trees and fire rifles at Japanese snipers hiding in houses. Trooper throws grenade in house and moves back. Explosion in house. House is set on fire. Wounded Japanese comes out of house and falls down. Troops advance further. Troops greeted by civilians. Native carriages, tanks and troops advance in village. Japanese prisoners under guard. Troops move through rubble and wreckage of building in village. Troops advance through old military installation Fort San Pedro. Wreckage of building. Troops move along streets of Cebu. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)
U.S. troops fight the enemy in Manila, Philippines. U.S. 63rd Regiment troops battle toward Manila. Tanks fire on foothills in Manila. Troops advance through tall grass. Troops run in wooded area. Casualties' area treated. Mortar crew fires on enemy positions from top of hill. Troops advance behind tank in wooded area. Troopers fire rifles. Artillery shells bursts on hill. Trooper throws grenade on enemy position. U.S. 592nd Amphibious Engineers land on Carabao Island on April 16. Troops disembark from landing craft. Troops move along mountain road. Troops advance under cover of machine guns on mountain. Japanese caves blasted with TNT charges. Explosions on mountainside throw billows of smoke in air. U.S. 38th Division troops land at heavily fortified island of Fort Drum. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)