U.S. amphibious landings following L-Day in Okinawa. View of a destroyer underway heading for Okinawa. A small sailboat passes by in the foreground. U.S. 6th Marine Division, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marines aboard LST-952 (Landing Ship Tank). Marines clean bayonets, moving around on deck of ship. Deck crowded with men.
U.S. troops in Okinawa. U.S. 24th Army Corps in Southern Okinawa Front. Troops move along road. Troops along pathway in fields. U.S. artillery shells enemy positions on hills. American plane overhead makes bombing run. U.S. 382nd Infantry Regiment fighting at Table Top Ridge. Artillery fires enemy positions on side of hill. Japanese fortifications on hillside are shelled by artillery. Medics carrying wounded across field. Wounded man transferred on weasel. U.S. 381st Infantry Regiment supported by tanks fighting in Kakzu Ridge. Tanks fire at enemy positions on hills in the background. U.S. troops rushing toward deep fortified cave on hillside. Japanese coming out of cave. Flamethrower firing flames on hillside Japanese caves. Troops of 382nd Infantry, 96th Division advance up hill and place bombs in Japanese caves clearing pillboxes. Explosion in cave. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)
Japanese fortifications in Okinawa. Search for Japanese snipers in Okinawa. U.S. troops with rifles along road. Japanese caves are inspected by troops. Troops around concrete pillbox. Various Japanese dig in positions and entrenchments. Tank traps and gun emplacements inspected by U.S. troops. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)
U.S. Navy ships bombarding Okinawa during World War II. At start of film, American warships are seen near the shore of Okinawa. Landing Ship Medium (Rocket), LSMR, Number 651, is firing rockets. A Cleveland class light cruiser is firing its guns to starboard. More scenes of rockets being fired from landing ships, leaving trails of smoke as they go.
A flotilla of American Higgins boat landing craft head for the shore of Gunto, Okinawa during World War 2. Some Landing Craft Infantry (LCIs) are also seen. Landing Craft Large, LCI (L) number 326 is seen in the background. View from a Higgins boat landing craft of several LCI(L)s ahead. Silhouette of a Transport Ship is seen in waters close to Okinawa. An undentified white boat is behind it in the sunlight. Beyond that,nearer the shore, is the white hospital ship, USS Comfort (II) (AH-6).
U.S. Navy ships shell Okinawa and Japanese kamikaze suicide planes hit USS Maryland (BB-46) during World War 2. USS Maryland (BB-46) in silhouette. Destroyer in the far background. Tracers fired at Japanese aircraft overhead. Flak explodes around Japanese aircraft. Black smoke. Japanese plane head toward ship. A dramatic large explosion in the sea directly in front of the camera position. American ship in distance explodes in flame and smoke. Okinawa in the background. Other vessels around ship. Japanese aircraft burns spiraling down. Long trail of black smoke and then airplane crashes. Cruiser at anchor. Battleship fires in the background. Cruiser sends light signals.
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