A burning Okinawan village during the Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. United States Marine filling bucket of water. Marines attempt to extinguish the fire with buckets of water. Marine climbing burning thatched roof hut and pouring bucket of water on flames. Aftermath of burned Okinawan village after fire has been extinguished. Explosions on hilltop during Battle of Okinawa.
United States Marines evacuate casualties during Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. United States Marines fire at Japanese soldiers while wounded are evacuated. United States Marines carry wounded in a stretcher. Two United States Marines fire with machine gun. Belt of ammunition moving into machine gun. United States Marine fires with rifle. United States Marines evacuate casualty.
Tank on hilltop during Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. A United States Marine in turret of tank fires mounted machine gun.
United States Marines advances across open field during Battle of Okinawa in World War 2 near Naha. Two United States Marines duck down in field. A United States Marine crawls in a field with rifle. A Marine takes pictures of a machine gunner Marine firing machine gun.
"strictly G.I." title card. Women line up at post office to send mail. Poster advertising “V-Mail”, the primary method of correspondence with soldiers stationed abroad during World War Two. Poster reads "Reach Your Boy Overseas." Man at teller window gives woman a standardized V-Mail envelope. Hands sorting through pile of blank V mail forms. Hands of a woman writing a letter from Betty Smith to CPL. Larry Ross on V-Mail using fountain pen. Hand with pencil addressing V-Mail. Woman's hands folding V-Mail envelope.
United States soldiers receive bags of V-mail letters, the primary method of correspondence with soldiers stationed abroad during World War 2. Soldiers unloads bags of V-Mail letters onto sorting table. V-Mail letters placed in cutting machine to be sliced open. Man hands over V-Mail to staff in separation table for processing and targeting operation. Staff folds away a rejected V-Mail. Staff inspects V-Mail, only to fold it away as reject. Accepted V-Mails stamped with numbers according to destination. Staff carry bundle of V-Mail to take to recording operation. Man puts down bundles of V-Mail for recording staff. Woman operators use Recordak machines to photograph every V-Mail letter. Recordak machine photographs V-Mail letters. Female operator puts a paper saying “END” into Recordak machine. Female operator pulls camera reel from Recordak machine. A motion picture film developer inspecting a machine that develops and dries the 16mm film. Pile of 16mm film reels being put into boxes. Men working in front of huge pile of V-mail letter bags. A long-range flying boat, a Boeing 314 Clipper, taking off from water. Delivery soldier salutes to United States Army Captain Roy Lewis before handing over a bag containing V-Mail 16mm film reels. Army Captain pours boxes containing V-Mail film reels onto his desk. Captain opens box and pulls out a film reel. Employee in printing room uses an enlarging machine to print V-Mail. Machine prints V-Mail. Female employee spins rolls of newly printed V-Mail on rewind table. Female employee slices a roll of V-Mail into letters. Male employee uses machine to fold V-mail letters. Employee uses machine to pack V-Mail into envelopes. Machine seals envelopes. Male employee retrieves a stack of V-Mail ready for delivery. Military postman distributes V-Mail to waiting soldiers. Soldier's hand holds a V-Mail letter.
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