Japanese surrender in Okinawa, Japan during World War. A map of Okinawa. United States warships lie off the shore and bombard the coast in Okinawa, Japan. Shells burst on the coast and smoke rises. Japanese naval defenses destructed. American Naval personnel aboard a vessel hold a loudspeaker and a man speaks into a microphone. He announces the terms of surrender. Another man on board a vessel announces the terms of surrender near the beach.
The U.S. assault on Okinawa during World War II. U.S. battleships bombard Okinawa. U.S. amphibious assault forces in landing craft and fighting their way on shore under heavy fire from Japanese defenders. U.S troops employ tanks, flame throwers, machine guns, recoilless weapons, and small arms. Funeral services aboard a U.S. naval ship for fallen American servicemen. U.S. naval ships defending against Japanese Kamikaze attacks. Admiral Nimitz visiting troops on Okinawa, following the battle.
Arrival of U.S. officials at Okinawa Airport during Battle of Okinawa. A Navy R6D (Military DC-6) transport plane carrying U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz and Marine Lieutenant General Alexander Vandegrift lands in Okinawa airport. Admiral Nimitz and General Vandegrift exit from plane. Officers talk at airport. Nimitz and Vandegrift leave for 10th Army headquarters in dukw, six wheel drive amphibious vehicle. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)
Evacuation of civilians of Okinawa in Japan, during World War II. Civilians evacuated from a village in Okinawa, which is to be site for an air base. The civilians with their belongings move through the village. A few women carrying their belongings walk. The area in Okinawa being proposed for the air base site. Vehicles move on a path in the region. Equipment at work to clear the area. Huts in the village. Women and children beside the huts. Elderly people in the front area of the huts. Trucks moving along a road. The trucks move in a line carrying the civilians.
Orphaned children in Okinawa, Japan, during Battle of Okinawa of World War II. The U.S. troops advance through the roads of a rubbled village. Trees and damaged buildings along the sides of the road. A U.S. soldier, holding guns, walks along the side of a rubbled building and finds a small child. Two soldiers seated beside the child. One of the soldiers wipes the face of the child. The soldiers pick up the child and move towards the army jeep. The army jeep with soldiers and the child moves along the road. The jeep stops near a building. The soldier takes the child to the center for lost and orphaned children in Okinawa. The child is placed on a low table. A Red Cross worker and a man puts new clothes on the child and attends to the child. Views of other children in the center. The Red Cross worker feeds the child from a bowl. The workers at the center gives medical attention to a wounded child. A worker attends to a few days old baby. A child in the center looks on.
Activities aboard LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) off the coast of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) underway in sea. The coast of Okinawa in the background. U.S. troops in a mess line on the deck of an LST (Landing Ship Tank) . A Colorado class battleship at sea. Transport area, Okinawa in the background.
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