U.S. 22nd Marines, 1st and 2nd Battalion advances towards and into Naha in Okinawa. Trucks and LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) carrying equipment and supplies, move through heavy mud. Mud is left on roads after heavy rain. Truck and jeep stuck in mud. Truck towing trailer is towed out of mud after being stuck. Truck moves through deep mud. Marines with rifles move through streets of Naha. Marine slowly advance toward wrecked building. One Marine throws grenade into entranceway. Grenade explodes. They move through entranceway.
A medical aid station of the U.S. Army Japanese-American 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Belmont, France during World War II, during operation to rescue the Lost Battalion in the Vosges Mountains. A soldier with a bandaged head is given blood plasma. Another soldier with bandaged head wound, on a litter, is determined to be dead. Bodies of two fallen soldiers on litters, covered completely in blankets
U.S. 6th Marines, 22nd Regiment and 2nd Battalion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. The Marines advance along an open field towards a high ridge. Japanese prisoners move down a roadway guarded by Marine MPs (Military Policemen). The U.S. flag is raised on a small tree on the top of the ridge overlooking ocean during flag raising ceremonies on the southern tip of Okinawa.
U.S. 6th Marines, 22nd Regiment and 2nd Battalion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Thanksgiving services are held by a Protestant chaplain to celebrate a victory. A Catholic Marine chaplain holds thanksgiving services. Men receive communion.
U.S. 6th Marines, 22nd Regiment and 2nd Battalion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Okinawan civilians are taken out of caves and assisted to the top of a ridge by the Marines. Hospital corpsmen treat wounded civilians.
Free French 2nd Armored Division convoy enters Ducey, Normandy during World War 2. French men and women cheering as Free French troops enter Ducey. French women raising their hands while cheering. Sign reads “Centre d’ Accueil” (“Reception center” in English). Lieutenant Philippe de Gaulle, the son of Free France leader General Charles de Gaulle, checking a map in Ducey.
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