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Infantry advances and Naha being bombed as Marines occupy its outskirts in Okinawa, Japan.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Self propelled guns being brought up. Infantry advances along the area. Study of a map. Artillery being fired from a hide out. Smoke arises due to the firing. Airplane in flight over the area. Artillery and dive bombers strike Naha as Marines occupy its outskirts.
U.S. Army Air Force Major General Haywood Hansell welcomes a B-29 and crew on their arrival on Isley Field, Saipan
U.S. Army Air Force Major General Haywood S. Hansell, Jr. Commander of the 21st Bombardment Command, welcomes B-29 pilot, Lieutenant D.O. Horsfall, and his crew, upon their arrival at Isley Field, Saipan, after their flight from Bolling Field, Washington, DC, where they had been seen off by the Army Air Forces Chief of Staff, General Henry (Hap) Arnold. (World War II period).
U.S. B-29 operating around newly constructed airfield on Saipan during World War II.
U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Super Fortress in flight during World War II. Map of Pacific Ocean showing Saipan, Philippines,China and Japan. B-29 circling overhead. A B-29 on final approach over water, with landing gear down. A B-29 flies over the field with gear up. Another B-29 in level flight at altitude, with landing gear down. A B-29 makes approach and lands on the new airfield, as interested military personnel watch from side of runway.
Bulldozers and other machines being used to expand airfield on Saipan while B-29s were already operating there.
U.S. Army Engineers expanding the airfield on Saipan, while B-29 operations are being conducted. Bulldozers level the airfield. Grading equipment works at the airfield. U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Super fortress on the airfield being refueled.
Major Robert Morgan, Aircraft Commander, briefs his B-29 crew as they sit on the tarmac prior to takeoff on a mission
Major Robert Morgan (well-known as the pilot of the B-17, "Memphis Belle," first to complete 25 missions over Germany, in the European Theater and now a B-29 Aircraft Commander with the 73rd Bomb Wing) briefs his crew. They sit on the tarmac near their aircraft, the B-29, "Dauntless Dotty," which was lead aircraft on the first B-29 bombing mission over Japan, on November 24, 1944. The Crew enters the aircraft after the briefing. (World War II period).
A convoy of U.S. warships under attack by Japanese warplanes during World War II.
Film opens showing a Japanese Nakajima B5N (Kate) torpedo bomber flying low over the water through hail of bullets fired from Allied ships, during World War 2. Glimpse of the plane flying past a U.S. Iowa class Battleship. Next, it flies past a U.S.New Orleans Class Cruiser. As it continues flight, away from the camera, a U.S. Mahan class destroyer appears from the left. Flak puffs of black smoke are in the air. Scene shifts to smoke rising from a bombed ship in the distant background. Change of scene shows a U.S. Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless aircraft recovering on an aircraft carrier.
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