U.S. convoy heading towards Okinawa shores for 'L' Day Landings. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) underway. LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) goes ashore. Gruman planes flying overhead. Battleship and heavy cruiser fired. Three Marines come in on craft. (World War II period).
U.S. convoy making 'L' Day landings on beach of Okinawa. LVT rolls up on beach. Marines disembark from LVT. They carry carbines. Marines advance on beach area. More LVT roll up on beach. Marines advance up hill and pass by burial vaults (Japanese caves).
U.S. amphibious landings following L-Day in Okinawa. Line of Marines with weapons files through wooded area. Marine runs forward carrying flamethrower. Hilly and red terrain all over. Marines fire M1 rifles. They stand up and advance slowly. LVT A-4 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Armored) moves slowly over hilly terrain. Marines follow LVT A-4. LVT A-4 passes on rough hilly terrain. One Marine holds Thompson submachine gun. (World War II period).
U.S. 6th Marine Division 4th Marines and tanks in Okinawa following amphibious landings of L-Day. Marines advance over hilly terrain. Ocean in the background. Scattered formation of Marines as they advance across level, red terrain. Marine gives hand signals. Other Marines in the background advance. Smoke in the far background. LVT A-4 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Armored) advance. Marine with flamethrower passes by monument. Two tanks with parts of floatation gear still attached advance on red terrain. Marines in the background advance.
U.S. Naval and Marine officers aboard ship following L-Day landings of Okinawa. General Shepherd, Naval officer Commodore Herbert Bain Knowles and other Marine officer William Tardy Clement (Assistant Commanding Officer of 6th Marine Division, and in 1945 commanded Third Fleet landing force in Japan) look over bridge of ship. They turn around and pose. General Shepherd speaks.
Invasion of Okinawa. Animated map shows Aka, Tokashiki, Geruma, Hokachi and Okinawa Island. After six days of U.S. troops landing on Kerama Island, 10th Army attacks south west coast of Okinawa. Heavy naval shelling of Okinawa. U.S. fleet shelling coasts of Okinawa. Heavy explosions in Okinawa throw billows of smoke in air. U.S. fleet underway at sea approaching Okinawa. Rocket ships firing rockets on enemy positions on coastline. U.S. amphibious landing on beaches after heavy shelling. (World War II period).
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