Captured Japanese weapons examined by a Marine of U.S. 6th Marine Division in Naha, Okinawa. Marines examine Japanese machine gun and automatic rifle. A small Japanese mortar is also examined.
LST (Landing Ship, Tank) underway after departing for Okinawa operation. Bridge of LST rolls in heavy seas. Marine looks over side of ship at waves and breakers. LST pitch in heavy seas.
Japanese Locomotive demolished and sunken ships in Okinawa. Japanese locomotive demolished at Naha Terminal. Demolished railroad cars. Railroad car wheel lined up, wreckage and rubble lay around. Two partly sunk Japanese vessels. Shoreline showing LCT (Landing Craft, Tank) with a few men on it docked in the foreground. Sunken Japanese ship in estuary. Barges docked. Crane on truck on dock. Crane unloads barrels from barge.
Wrecked Japanese planes at an airfield in Naha, Okinawa. Wrecked Japanese planes and hangars. Wrecked Japanese revetment with demolished plane in it. Marines examine wrecked Japanese bomber at Naha airfield. Marine sits in cockpit of damaged Japanese fighter plane. Wreckage on airfield.
Ridge near Naha assaulted by U.S. Marines, Okinawa. Shell bursts and explosions on ridge from which smoke rises. Several U.S. tanks move out toward ridge in the foreground. One tank uses flamethrower on Japanese position. Marines fix a bridge over river.
U.S. 22nd Marine Regiment fights with enemy during their advance in Naha, Okinawa. Marines move along road towards city in the background. They dug on hill position, look at mountain in the background. Marines dug in on side of road in ditches. All of them stand up and keep on advancing on the double towards the background. They dug in near hut on side of hill. Marines slowly advance. Some advance in crouched position. (World War II period).
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