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)
United States 10th Army in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. U.S. tanks advance on hilly terrain in Okinawa. A marine tank blown by a Japanese land mine. U.S. Marines try to rescue the crew on the tank. The ammunition in the tank catches fire. U.S. Marines fail to rescue the crew. Japanese installations destroyed. Fire and smoke rises due to explosions. (World War II period).
Evacuation of civilians of Okinawa in Japan, during World War II. U.S. MP (Military Police) in a village in Okinawa in Japan. The MP with the civilians in the streets of the village. The Military Police and a few women of the village in front of a hut. The women talk among themselves. One of the MP wearing a helmet with the letters 'MP' written on it. Civilians, holding their belongings, walk through the streets of the village. The civilians in an enclosure. The MP among a group of civilians which includes elderly people. The civilians are helped into trucks by the MP for evacuation from the village which is to be the site of an air base. A group of civilians walk with their belongings. Trucks loaded with civilians in view. The trucks move along the road. Huts on the side of the road. A Military Police on a horse leads a large group of civilians who carry their belongings. Children in the group. The group walks along the road. The group includes men, women, children and elderly people.
Okinawan workers during the work of an airstrip in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II. The workers in a village in Okinawa, gather in a group. The workers move in a line to a desk where a pair of U.S. Military Police are seated. Each worker signs on a document. A policeman looks on. Few policemen stand behind the desk. The workers bow to an officer who walks past them. The workers move in a group. A few men in the group eating out of a bowl. The group of workers in a field which is the proposed site for the air base. The workers move in a line along a road. A few workers,with hammers in their hands, at work in the area. Sacks of sand stacked by the workers. Workers along the side of a road. Trucks with material move along the road. Heavy equipment grading the ground for the airstrip. Workers operate heavy equipment. A few workers painting the roof and sides of a building in the area. Aircraft taking off from the new airstrip.
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