LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) heads toward beach. Flak in sky and smoke rises from island in the background. Battleship fires intermittently. Tail section of LVTR (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Retriever) underway. LVT loaded with marines, underway through rough water. LVT headed toward island. Machine gun muzzle on LVT. Winch on deck of ship. Small craft comes alongside ship. Winch turning and cable coming off it. Men handle lines. Man operates winch while sitting on control box. LVT hoisted out of hold on AP (Hull Code for Transport Support Ships). LVT lowered over side. AP, LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized), and LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) in water. Marines and Navy personnel watch from ship. Aircraft in sky. Anti-tank lowered into LCVP. Men in LCVP handle lines for loading. Men in AP watch the loading. Jeep hoisted from hold of AP. Sign in jeep reads '5-2'. LCM and LCVP in water. AP at anchor in the far background. Lookouts on mainmast of AP. American flag flies from mast. Small craft in water, men sit on small boat that is hanging from hook in the foreground. (World War II period).
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).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on uneven terrain of Okinawa. Smoke rises up due to firing. The troops organize the civilians of the island. Refugees clog a road. Destructed bridges on the island. Jeeps and tanks advance. Amphitracks and jeeps cross a stream. Bulldozers repair a road. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance in the villages of the islands. Tanks advance in the villages. Marines approach houses in the village. Fire and smoke due to explosions. Dead bodies lay on ground. Fire rises up from the houses in village. Flame throwing Sherman tanks set huge fires throughout the villages. Aerial view of smoke over island. Infantry equipped with small arms, and some seen carrying flame thrower packs on their backs, moving along the roads without heavy support weapons. U.S. Douglas TBM Avenger aircraft drop food, water and munitions by parachute to Marines climbing hills. Smoke protects Marines crossing an open slope. (World War II period).
U.S. and Philippine dignitaries at Corregidor Island, Philippines. Official cars drive past a ruined building at Corregidor Island. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Philippines President Ramon Magsaysay and others walk down a pier. A sign reads 'Philippine Naval Station Port Facilities'. Sailors on the deck of a ship tied up at a dock. U.S. Vice President's wife Patricia Nixon and Philippines first lady Luz Magsaysay, and others board the ship. A motor boat goes away from the ship.
President Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines and United States Vice President Richard Nixon visit Corregidor Island, Philippines. Entrance to the Malinta Tunnel, a tunnel complex built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the island during World War II. Sign on post reads “Malinta Tunnel”. United States Vice President Richard Nixon, President Ramon Magsaysay and others visit the Malinta Tunnel. Nixon and Magsaysay looking at relics from the Pacific War. A guide shows Nixon and Magsaysay the entrance to the USFIP (United States Forces in the Philippines) Headquarters. A sign 'Gen. MacArthur H.Q.'
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