After the battle of Tarawa in Pacific Theater. Marine Major General HM Smith and Air Force Major General Willis H Hale, commander of the 7th Army Air Force, talk to each other on a beach in Tarawa. Two Air Force officers talk to Army nurses. Officers enter R4D plane. (World War II period).
The United States Army liberates Manila, Philippines during World War II. View as seen from a window of an aircraft in flight. A United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft in flight as seen from the window of the same aircraft. Many paratroopers with parachutes descend over Luzon.
A film on workings and general features of DUKWs. DUKWs operating at Guadalcanal in the Pacific Ocean. A ship underway in the foreground. Men aboard another ship. DUKWs underway near the ship. Unloading activities are undertaken. The DUKWs carry the cargo ashore. They are beached. They move along a street. Trees along street sides. A ship and DUKWs underway at sea.
United States troops occupy Okinawa during World War II. An Okinawan civilian speaks and another man with a mustache smiles. A medical syringe is placed on a table. An old Okinawan woman with a young girl are given a ride down a hill by a U.S. Marine.
Japanese civilians in Okinawa participate in making of a film by U.S. marines during American occupation of Okinawa. The scene shows an American in uniform, standing before Okinawans seated at a table. A woman at the head of the table has a large ledger or journal in which she writes.After the Okinawans finish speaking, the American reaches in his pocket and takes out some money that he gives to the women at the head of table. It appears to be a fine or settlement payment of some kind. Next, a man and woman who have been waiting, are motioned to the table. They place a pig on the table. The entire scene is reenacted. Next an actor portraying a Marine Lieutenant is seen, appearing contrite. A number of Okinawan men then speak in turn.
Civilians in Okinawa, during American occupation in World War II. Japanese and Okinawan men in a truck distribute food grains to the locals. Containers filled with grain being handed over to the civilians. Women lined up to get the grain. Men aboard the truck fill their containers. Civilians carrying baskets and containers as they are lined up. Women carry containers filled with grain on their heads.
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