U.S. Marine Corps forces landing at Tarawa during World War II. United Sates Navy Carrier fighters F6F Hellcats headed for landing in the Tarawa Islet a Japanese base. Scenes of Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) ferrying U.S. Marines to the beach. View from inside LVT of Marines preparing for beach landing. Views from moving LVT of many other landing craft on their way to beach during Battle of Tarawa.
U.S. Marines Corps soldiers crawling on beach at Tarawa during World War II. Landing Ship Tank (LST) on shore and smoke at a distance are seen. Marines following a low wire on the beach. U.S. Navy Destroyer (DD) firing. Marines taking position and advancing during Battle of Tarawa.
U.S. soldiers crawling through underbrush. Soldiers carry injured soldiers. Wounded man lying on litter, using helmet for pillow. Soldiers squatting in forest. Loading wounded on litters into ambulance backed up to a plane. Soldier walks towards jeep with "Operations Officer - Acorn l3". Ambulance on field. Ambulance backed up to open door of C-47 loading wounded on plane. Two soldiers rest in the shade of a C-47 wing. Wounded soldiers lie inside plane. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy ships bombarding Okinawa during World War II. At start of film, American warships are seen near the shore of Okinawa. Landing Ship Medium (Rocket), LSMR, Number 651, is firing rockets. A Cleveland class light cruiser is firing its guns to starboard. More scenes of rockets being fired from landing ships, leaving trails of smoke as they go.
A flotilla of American Higgins boat landing craft head for the shore of Gunto, Okinawa during World War 2. Some Landing Craft Infantry (LCIs) are also seen. Landing Craft Large, LCI (L) number 326 is seen in the background. View from a Higgins boat landing craft of several LCI(L)s ahead. Silhouette of a Transport Ship is seen in waters close to Okinawa. An undentified white boat is behind it in the sunlight. Beyond that,nearer the shore, is the white hospital ship, USS Comfort (II) (AH-6).
U.S. Navy ships shell Okinawa and Japanese kamikaze suicide planes hit USS Maryland (BB-46) during World War 2. USS Maryland (BB-46) in silhouette. Destroyer in the far background. Tracers fired at Japanese aircraft overhead. Flak explodes around Japanese aircraft. Black smoke. Japanese plane head toward ship. A dramatic large explosion in the sea directly in front of the camera position. American ship in distance explodes in flame and smoke. Okinawa in the background. Other vessels around ship. Japanese aircraft burns spiraling down. Long trail of black smoke and then airplane crashes. Cruiser at anchor. Battleship fires in the background. Cruiser sends light signals.
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