Operation Crossroads activity preparing for Test Able. Shows LCT- 1113, LSTs 133 and 545. Monitoring personnel are seen maneuvering in small boats at side of LST-133. LST-133 was the first tank landing ship to reach Omaha beach during the Normandy Invasion and also served in Okinawa. William I. Scheunemann was one of the many who served aboard LST-133 during World War II.
Operation Crossroads following atomic test "Able." LlST-545, USS Fillmore (APA-83), and the Navy hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9).
6th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps at Naha, Okinawa in Japan during World War II. A United States M4A3 Sherman tank moves along a road. A Marine walks beside the tank. Marines fire from behind a stone wall. M4A3 Sherman tank fires at the enemy. Damaged Okinawan houses in the village. The Marines advance on hilly terrain and fields. One of the Marines throws satchel charge outside a Japanese cave entrance. Smoke and explosion at the cave. 6th Marine Division Corps fire rifles.
6th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps in Naha, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. United States Lieutenant General Simon B Buckner and Major General Lemuel Shepherd look through binoculars at the outskirts of a village. The officers and Marines look towards the village. The officer points towards the village. An M4A3 Sherman tank with Marines along the road.
6th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps in Naha, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Marines enter the city and patrol on streets. A damaged bridge in the background. An M4A3 Sherman tank with Marines along the road. Tanks fire at Japanese trenches. The wounded Marines on stretchers being put on an ambulance jeep.
United States Landing Craft Utility vessel on shore of Naha, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Bow gate of the vessel is lowered. M4A3 Sherman tanks come out of the vessel. 6th Tank Battalion of 24th Infantry Division soldiers aboard the tanks. The tanks advance towards the beach. The crew members set temporary bivouacs on beachhead. A wounded Marine carried on a stretcher. A wrecked Japanese ammunition dump. The Marines inspect a Japanese bomb.
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