The U.S. 10th Army advances during the Battle of Okinawa in Japan. U.S. Army soldiers gather at a rocky hillside in Okinawa. The soldiers with guns and ammunitions walk along the hillside. The troops attack caves. A Japanese boy watches the army procession. Smoke bombs are used to drive away women and children. Japanese families move to relocation camps. Army tanks carrying Marines move on rocky land to seize a village. U.S. Army soldiers inspect their guns and ammunitions. A Japanese suicide rocket bomb is described and disassembled. Two soldiers inspect a bomb launcher. A bomb is released from the launcher. Explosions and gun fire on the hillside. U.S. troops move ahead as the village is set on fire. Military tanks advance and fire. Explosions in the forest area. One of the Japanese survivors comes out of a cave. U.S. officers order for his clothes to be removed and first aid to be given. A soldier lies down and gets ready with his gun. A corpse on a rocky land. A soldier walks across the corpse. (World War II period).
Japanese aircraft tackle the U.S. Army invasion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Low level attack by Japanese aircraft. Explosions and fire shots in the sea by the aircraft. U.S. aircraft fire. A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat returns to its carrier safely. Another F6F aircraft lands on the flight deck of USS Enterprise and crashes. The pilot is safely removed after the fire extinguishes. Japanese aircraft wrecked by U.S. airplanes.
The Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Japanese attempts a final counterattack on the last day in Okinawa. A 300 men Japanese Army led by Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi launches a final counterattack in the vicinity of an airfield. The army attacks a U.S. Army camp. Japanese soldiers die. U.S. Marine Corps evacuate the dead bodies. Casualties after the war.
Japanese prisoners surrender in Okinawa during the Pacific War of World War II. Japanese soldiers move across river and rugged terrain. Allied soldiers fire artillery and attack Japanese installations. Dead Japanese soldiers on field. Attack on ship underway at sea. Japanese prisoner urges surrender and speaks over microphone. Japanese prisoners surrender.
U.S. infantrymen move up to the front in Okinawa during World War II. Infantrymen of the 7th and 96th Infantry Division moving up to the front. The Infantrymen carrying full packs and rifles walk along a dirt road. Elements of the 27th Infantry Division pass. A split column of infantrymen. Soldiers of the 105th Infantry Regiment pass.
Assault on Shuri Line shows M-4 tanks and M-18 motor carriages equipped with flamethrowers attack Japanese positions on Chocolate Drop Hill in Okinawa during World War II. Shell hits on Japanese mountain caves and gun positions. U.S. soldiers at 77th Infantry, 306th Regiment OP (Operations Post), observe fighting through binoculars.
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