U.S. soldiers and Okinawan civilians in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Soldiers round up a group of natives. Line of civilians at aid station wait for medical attention. A woman being treated for sulphur burns on her back.
U.S. amphibious landings on Luzon, Philippines during its invasion in World War II. U.S. 25th Infantry troops and equipment on beach. Crane unloads cargo nets from LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) that have beached. Troops march on beach. Members of Headquarters Unit I Corps unload small ammunition boxes in chain fashion.
U.S. amphibious landings on Luzon, Philippines during its invasion in World War II. Landing crafts beached. U.S. 25th Infantry troops wade ashore after disembarking from landing crafts. Beach area showing U.S. equipment and troops. Troops being unloaded and stack ration crates. Oil barrels on beach. A bulldozer and crane on beach.
Cluster of test vessels is seen in aerial view of test site, Bikini Atoll, Pacific Ocean. Baker test, of underwater atomic bomb explosion, in Operation Crossroads, July, 1946. Detonation produces large shock wave, water column and mushroom cloud.
Cloud filled sky is golden as test bomb burst begins for test "dog" in the Greenhouse series of atomic tests in 1951, on the Enewitak Atoll in Pacific Ocean.Test of Mk 6 strategic bomb. Emitted light obscures vision for several seconds. Shock wave, fireball, and plume follow.
Japanese Kamikaze aircraft attacking U.S. Navy Task Force off Okinawa. They attack the Aircraft Carriers Yorktown, Saratoga, and Bunker Hill. View from deck of USS Yorktown (CV-10) as a kamikaze, hit and on fire, passes directly overhead and crashes into the ocean just past the deck of the ship. The Saratoga is hit by 4 Kamikaze planes. 315 U.S. sailors and airmen killed or wounded. Crew struggles to control fires and damage and care for casualties.The attacks continue and the USS Bunker Hill is struck by 2 Kamikaze planes and is on fire with heavy smoke rising as crew tries desperately to save her. The Cruiser Wilkes-Barre comes alongside spraying fire hoses in attempt to aid the stricken Bunker Hill. The Wilkes-Barre passes respirators to firefighters aboard the Bunker Hill. Rescue boats pick up crewmen who were blown off the deck into the sea. 373 killed and 264 injured on the Bunker Hill. (World War II period).
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