The five-inch-twenty-five Caliber gun on submarine at sea, United States. The ammunition handlers load the shells into the gun. Other crewmen fire the gun. Sailors adjust the gun to fire at the target. Smoke arises due to firing. Sailors load the gun. A crewman observes through binoculars. (World War II period).
U.S. Marine artillery battery loads up and boards amphibian DUKW vehicles. They drive the DUKWs over land and beach into the water. Some board a Landing Ship (LSM) in the surf. Others board an LSM Landing ship in deep water, off the coast.
Large U.S. navy convoy with Battleships at sea, Amphibious DUKWs leave LSM Landing ship in deep water and motor to shore. Some are loaded with 105mm howitzers. Other LSM (Landing Ship Medium) maneuvers to beach and DUKWs exit through the surf to drive away on hard ground..
U.S.Marine artillery units leave beach in DUKWs and proceed to prearranged positions on land. They unload 155mm howitzers using an A frame on one of the DUKWs. Marines unload all the howitzers in the battery and set up communications and instruments.
U.S. Marine artillery battery firing 105mm howitzers. Smoke arises due to the firing. Marine watches through the binoculars. View of buildings being destroyed by artillery bombardment. Montage of artillery, machine guns, troops advancing at end of film. (World War II period).
Animation depicts Okinawa in relation to Japan,China,Formosa, and Iwo Jima. U.S. landing ships carry troops who make unopposed landings on Hagushi beach, U.S. troops seen pouring ashore. Okinawa. Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner and Vice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance seen looking through binoculars on the deck of the amphibious Flag Ship. U.S. troops move inland from the beachhead. Troops bringing bulldozers. U.S. Army infantry of the 24th Corps engage Japanese defenders. Japanese bunkers and fortifications seen. U.S. battleships and other ships of the line begin intense bombardment of the Japanese positions. U.S. army artillery fire large howitzers. U.S. tanks attack Japanese fortifications and suffer counter fire. Troop movements impeded by rain and mud. Ammunition ships seen having difficulty on congested beachhead. Animation shows how naval gunfire could successfully strike Japanese fortified positions because of flat trajectory. (World War II period).
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