Native children of Okinawa in Pacific Theater. Children receive dancing instructions. Children stand in formation and learn dancing steps. A dance instructor stands in the front. Hilly terrain in the background. Buildings in view.
The U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force participate in practice exercises at Okinawa in the Pacific Theater. Amphibious assault on a beach. Practice exercises of United States troops. Landing crafts advance towards the beach. Aircraft strafe the beach. Amphibious tanks (LCVTs) make initial assault. Marines and soldiers establish beach head. Specially equipped trucks lay road mats on the sandy beach. Mechanized equipment rolls on the road mat. A floating pier is put into operation. Tanks, amphibious DUKWs and troops advance inland. A helicopter evacuates the simulated wounded.
Strafing attack on Japanese aircraft, shore installations and gun emplacements by U.S. aircraft during World War II. A Japanese float plane shot at and catches fire during night. Japanese Betty and bomber aircraft and a Sampan ship under attack. Strafing shore installations and gun emplacements in Okinawa. A Japanese single engine fighter plane turning over on its back. A strafing attack on houses and a bridge over a small stream.
U.S. Marine Corps F4U aircraft of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing are seen along with U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 in flight over Southern Okinawa, during World War 2. Numerous scenes of the aircraft attacking positions of enemy Japan with napalm incendiary bombs. Balls of fire erupting and smoke rising from the hills. Formation of Corsairs returning from the mission.
U.S. F4U-1D and F4U-4 Corsairs from the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing operating against targets on Okinawa during World War 2. They can be seen taxing and taking off with belly tanks underneath. Pilots and airmen stand near a plane. Injured flier being removed from TBM Avenger aircraft and carried to ambulance on a stretcher. F4U Corsairs are seen returning to land. Some land and several go around to space for landing. A TBM Avenger goes around during the landing activity.
The United States Navy Sea , Air and Land forces ( Navy SEALs ) in Okinawa, Japan. A U.S. Navy UH-46 Sea Knight helicopter flies low over water surface near White Beach. The SEALs jump into water from the helicopter. They get onto a speed boat. USS Fresno (LST 1182) in the background. A beachhead with ships in the background. Explosion on land and water. An aircraft drops a napalm bomb on a tracked target vehicle.
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