U.S. 3rd Battalion 22nd Marines in combat with enemy in Okinawa. Marines and several M-7 mortar carriages move across creek to new positions. M-7 tanks in new positions, firing 105mm Howitzers out. Marine carries shells to side of M-7 and hands it over to crew in turret. Artillery fire in valley. (World War II period).
American planes blasting ridge with bombs and rockets while 6th Marines fight with enemy on fields in Okinawa. American fighter planes strafing and bombing hill in the background. Bomb explodes, smoke rises. Captain Mauling of 22nd Marine Regiment using a walkie-talkie radio in front lines on side of embankment. Fighter plane overhead makes a bomb run. Black smoke rises from explosions on hill. Marine with BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) in sitting position on the foreground, firing towards hills in the background. Fighter plane overhead drops bombs. (World War II period).
U.S. 22nd Marine Regiment and 6th Tank Battalion advance under fire in Naha, Okinawa. Tanks and Marines move along road near a village around Naha area. Tanks moving up hill and some huts in the background. Explosions on hillside, tank in the foreground fires. Tanks fire guns at hillside. Explosions and smoke rise from hillside. Some Marines pull a Marine casualty behind a tank and drag him along ground as they are under fire. (World War II period).
U.S. 6th Marine Division enters the city of Naha, Okinawa. Phosphorous shell explodes near house in edge of Naha city. Smoke rises. Marine fires 30 cal water cooled machine gun at houses at edge of village in the background. Marine fires tracers, stops, picks up binoculars and looks. Other Marines all around look on. Shells hit house in the background. Tracers go towards houses on edge of village. These are tanks and men of the 6th Tank Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment. (World War II period).
Okinawan civilians surrender to U.S. soldiers of 32nd Infantry, 7th Division in Okinawa. Soldiers on edge of cliff. A soldier speaks through microphone attached to a loudspeaker. Beach in the background. Okinawan civilians come in over mountain path to surrender. (World War II period).
Okinawan civilians surrender to U.S. soldiers of 32nd Infantry, 7th Division in Okinawa. Soldiers and Okinawan civilians on edge of cliff. Okinawan talks into the speaker and urges people to come out of the cliffs. Okinawan women with babies tied up to their backs, climb up steep path. (World War II period).
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