Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War. American troops walk past a native village with huts in the background. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) approach the beach at Geruma Shima as smoke rises. LVT at the beach. A number of LVT underway as they move towards the beach.
U.S. Flamethrower tank shooting flames into coastal ridge line of Shima, Okinawa. Fire and smoke spreads quickly. Billows of smoke rise from fire in woods. (World War II period).
Invasion of Aguni, a village in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Battleships at sea during invasion of Aguni in Ryukyu Islands in Japan on 9th June 1945. Artillery fired from the ships. Landing crafts carrying 8th Regiment Combat troops approach the island. The troops holding guns, advance on the island. The soldiers fire guns. The soldiers move under cover. The Japanese civilians come out of their hiding in underground shelters. A civilian and few others come out of their hiding place. The Japanese civilians being held. Women and children standing on the road. The native women prostrate before a soldier. The soldier offers them cigarettes to calm their fear. Soldiers with the women and children.
U.S. 165th Infantry 27th Division fights enemy on Onna Take Hill in Shima, Okinawa. Thin clouds of smoke shell fire over Onna Take Hill. Various views of hills and valley. Litter bearers carry wounded infantryman up hill. (World War II period).
Evacuation of casualties from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. A casualty carried on a stretcher from a field ambulance and placed into a Stinson L-5B Sentinel aircraft flown by the 163rd Liaison Squadron. Several casualties and L-5B aircraft appear in this historic film footage taken on 21 June 1945. .
Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands during the Battle of Okinawa, World War 2. A jeep carrying three African American soldiers pass through heavy mud. Wheel of the jeep spins in mud. Jeep being pushed through mud by a bulldozer.
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