A native Chamorro man walking slowly along a path on Saipan after the American defeat of Japanese forces there in World War 2 Small boats maneuvering near the shore. Several American soldiers search a Japanese youth in uniform. A number of Japanese women and children being assembled and tended to by U.S. infantrymen, who pour them water from a large can. Japanese prisoners and civilians fill an open truck, to overflowing, as an American military photographer takes pictures.
Camera pans past body of fallen Japanese soldier to U.S. Marines spread out along a shoreline as landing craft maneuver nearby and an American aircraft flies low overhead. Japanese prisoners along with women and children walk in a line. Glimpse of body of a dead Japanese soldier. Another group of Japanese prisoners and civilians. Several stand near American soldiers looking out at the small craft maneuvering offshore. A man (interpreter) speaks into a microphone, giving instructions to the Japanese persons on the shore. Body of dead Japanese woman. Bodies of numerous dead Japanese soldiers along the shore. Japanese prisoners with shovels begin recovering the bodies, placing them on makeshift litters and carrying them away.
People working in the Taira village of Okinawa. Men loading supplies on a truck. The truck moves. A man on a bicycle in the street. A man walking along a field and inspecting a thatch.
Us Army Air Forces B-29 Super Fortress of the 73rd Bomb Wing (Tail Code: "V Square 29") comes in for landing. Plane parks on the ramp. U.S. Brigadier General Emmett O'Donnell, Vice-Admiral John Hoover and Brigadier General Haywood Hansell study a map, leaning it against one of the plane's propellers. General O'Donnell walks over to converse with Major Robert Morgan, who is well-known as the pilot of the B-17 "Memphis Belle" that flew 25 missions over Germany in the European theater. He now flies B-29s with the 73rd Wing in the Pacific theater. (World War II period).
The USS Randolph (CV-15) hit by a Japanese Yokosuka P1Y " Frances", twin-engine kamikaze bomber, on her starboard side,aft, just below the flight deck, as she was anchored at Ulithi, during World War 2. Flames appear in the dark aboard the carrier as firefighters work in the area under searchlights. Later scene shows crew members silhouetted against orange flames as they fight the fire. It appears to come under control, but several small explosions propel burning objects aloft, and flames continue to break out. (Note: 25 crew were killed and 106 wounded during this incident.)
Kin village mop up on east coast of Okinawa by United States 7th Infantry Division. Soldiers walk on muddy road. (World War II period).
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