Shows the Destroyer Minelayer, USS Thomas E Fraser (DM-24) underway in the Atlantic. Mines are arranged on the deck and dropped overboard by crew members.
Japanese Kamikaze pilots attack U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Thick black smoke rises from a fire burning on light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). The Carrier, USS Franklin (CV-13) also burning from Kamikaze attack is seen in the background. Sailors on the deck of the burning ship.
The Red Cross club mobile unit and United States 24th Division in Korea. A Red Cross truck outside a building. U.S. Army soldiers (white and African American) come out of the building. They help Red Cross women, Phyllis Alspach and Erma Taylor, with props in a truck. The truck drives along a way. Mountains in the foreground.
U.S. troops advance on Okinawa. Beachhead established by 10th Army. U.S. landing crafts on South West coast of Okinawa. Warships at the coast. Small landing crafts and DUKW (Six wheel drive amphibious trucks) move in water carrying supplies. Troops and trucks move along road on island. Marine units move toward north, while 24th Army Corps move toward south for Naha. Aerial view of seized airfield on Okinawa. Countryside shows farms and open lands. Army advances towards Japanese emplacements on hillside. Troops attack Japanese caves on hillside. U.S. marines clear caves with grenades. A U.S. soldier drags a dead Japanese soldier out of a cave. Other Japanese soldiers are shown surrendering and being led away from caves with hands raised. Native civilians are evacuated. They cooperate with troops. Women and children walk along pathway. A civilian woman and young boy child smile.
U.S. troops in Okinawa. U.S. 24th Army Corps in Southern Okinawa Front. Troops move along road. Troops along pathway in fields. U.S. artillery shells enemy positions on hills. American plane overhead makes bombing run. U.S. 382nd Infantry Regiment fighting at Table Top Ridge. Artillery fires enemy positions on side of hill. Japanese fortifications on hillside are shelled by artillery. Medics carrying wounded across field. Wounded man transferred on weasel. U.S. 381st Infantry Regiment supported by tanks fighting in Kakzu Ridge. Tanks fire at enemy positions on hills in the background. U.S. troops rushing toward deep fortified cave on hillside. Japanese coming out of cave. Flamethrower firing flames on hillside Japanese caves. Troops of 382nd Infantry, 96th Division advance up hill and place bombs in Japanese caves clearing pillboxes. Explosion in cave. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)
Amphibious assault on Okinawa, Pacific Theater. Landing Ships underway. Mountains in the background. United States 1st and 6th Marine Divisions and 24th Army Corps land on beach. Tanks float ashore on pontoons. Troops advance on beach. They disperse on the beach. Rifle grenades are used in capturing a Japanese command post. Artillery fired. Troops approach installations. (World War II period).
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