U.S. Army 77th Infantry Division in the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu campaign of World War II. A vessel underway at sea en route to the Ryukyu Islands. Soldiers on landing crafts underway at sea. LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) heading towards a beach. Soldiers unload from the LVTs onto the beach. 305th and 306th Infantry Regiment troops advance inland from the beach. A small building. Two soldiers holding guns in prone position on the side of a road. The soldiers fire the guns. The troops load and fire 81mm mortars. The soldiers standing behind shut their ears. The troops load a 155mm howitzer. The howitzer is fired from beneath a camouflage net. One of the soldiers shuts his ears. Several soldiers on a field and LVTs parked in view. Men of the 304th Field Artillery Battalion remove shells from cartons.
U.S. Army 77th Division in the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu campaign of World War II. Columns of soldiers move along a road among fields. A squad leader fires into a cave. Men of the 136th Engineers rush with guns up a hill. The men move past a Shinto shrine. A soldier fires flame throwers on Japanese caves. A soldier blows a bugle and other soldiers salute during a flag raising ceremony on the first Japanese homeland island taken. A soldier tries to hoist the flag and other soldiers stand around and salute. The flag being raised and hoisted. The troops salute.
United States Coast Guards work inside Photographic Laboratory in the United States. U.S. Navy Douglas R5D Skymaster lands on the runway. United States Coast Guards, Photographic Laboratory' written at the entrance. Sailor enters the darkroom. Paper treated in chemical baths during film developing. Coast Guard hands over a package to another guard.
United States Marine Corps 3rd Infantry Division in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Stretcher bearers go towards front line over a rocky terrain. Artillery air spotters. Aircraft flies overhead. Marines on top of the hill. Marines fire at a Japanese target. Smoke rises from explosions at Japanese positions.
United States marines of the 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Marines set up Ordnance small arms repair shop in tents. Sign board reads 'Small Arms, Ordnance Supply'. Marine looks at M-1 rifles inside a tent. Number of rifles stacked. Marine takes out damaged rifles and puts them with other destroyed rifles. Marine holds 30 caliber air cooled machine gun. Group of Marines inspect and repair rifles. They clean bore of M-1 rifle.
United States Marine Corps of 3rd Infantry Division in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Ordnance small arms repair set up atop a hill. Marine pushes small cart with M-1 rifles on it. He loads the rifles and test fires them on ground. Marines pull small carts loaded with ammunition. Tents in the background. Marine cleans bore of rifles. He dips rifle in cosmoline to avoid rusting.
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