The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Marines relives army units South of Naha. Rockets, artillery and dive bombers bombard 'Sugar Loaf Hill'. Smoke arises due to bombardment.
Activities of the U.S. 1st and the 6th Marine Divisions on the island of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Marines advance towards south of Naha. Firing and bombarding in the battlefield. Soldiers fire guns from tanks and advance. Smoke arises due to bombardment. Marines fire rifles. Marines carry the dead body of General Simon Bolivar Buckner on a stretcher after he was killed in Japanese firing.
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.
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on Naha. Two Marines look at a map and confer. Artillery and dive bombers bombard Naha. U.S. Marines occupy the outskirts. Fire and explosions. Heavy black smoke rises up. Bombing at day and night. Tank guns fired. Firing in streets of Naha. (World War II period).
U.S. 6th Division Marines battling Japanese on front lines in Naha, Okinawa. Marine with a 30 cal water cooled machine gun on hill in the foreground. Smoke and explosions at edge of Naha in the background. Complete city of Naha in the far background. Marines begin to enter the city, advancing on the double, cautiously. Marines advance towards hut on edge of village. Some advancing as others are covering them and circling house. Tanks advance towards other houses in the background. (World War II period).
Various activities of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Teams in Okinawa, Japan. Stacks of explosives piled in Hiza-Gawa beach. Rust and corrosion on different parts of explosives. Shirtless soldiers piling explosives onto truck. A truck, loaded with bombs and explosives, backing up to landing barge at the waterfront. A soldier stands near the bombs. Soldier helps men unload explosives from the truck after backing it onto the boat. Flag of the United States blowing on the boat’s mast.
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