The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Soldiers aboard LCT underway at sea. They display several captured Japanese flags. Ships underway at sea in the foreground.
The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Men seated in a landing barge. Rainbow in sky in the background. American flag flies from a line on the barge. A plane in flight over the area.
U.S. Army Engineers engaged in construction of an airfield on Saipan, Marianas Islands, during World War II. Bulldozers and trucks work on the field. Engineers use surveying tools such as transits and levels to lay out the site. Rock drill in operation. Soldiers lower excavating explosives into a hole and tamp. A soldier pushes plunger. Smoke arises due to an explosion in the foreground. Bulldozers, power shovels, tournapull scrapers and fleets of dump trucks at work on the project. U.S. Army Air Force C-47 airplane in flight.
A vast project to build a major airfield on Saipan, in the Marianas Islands, to enable U.S. B-29 operations against Japan mainland. Bulldozers and trucks work on the field. Asphalt plant in operation and a rock crusher in use. A lone B-24 Liberator bomber is seen in the middle of the field. Trucks transport asphalt and rock to strip. The asphalt being laid by the soldiers and then rolled on the strip.
Activities of the U.S. 1st and the 6th Marine Divisions on the island of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A 'Corsair' plane lays a smoke screen to protect tanks crossing a field north of Naha under Japanese artillery fire. Marines follow tanks across an open terrain. They mop up Japanese hill side positions after the flame thrower tanks have been used.
Activities of the U.S. 1st and the 6th Marine Divisions on the island of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. U.S. Marines fire an artillery. The artillery bombards Shuri. Vehicles, artillery and munitions submerged in water due to heavy rains. Food and ammunition being passed up a hill via a human chain. Supplies dropped from 'Corsairs' are collected.
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