United States soldier sits on a craft. Rocky shoreline in the background. Bombardment on beach of Kerama Retto, Okinawa in Pacific Theater. LSMs (Landing Ship, Medium) underway. Rocket barrage fired. Black smoke rises up. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on the island. A horse carrying loads. A tank advances on the road. Troops on hilly areas. Snipers are routed from the hills with pack charges and small arms fired. Smoke and explosions. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers. Corpses are inspected. A wounded Japanese soldier crawls from his nest. U.S. Marines and Japanese troops fight in a wooded area. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on the island on the hilly areas. U.S. Marines and Japanese troops fight in a wooded area. Fire and smoke. Dead soldiers in view. Troops advance on field. Soldiers carry wounded on stretchers. An airstrip is captured and graded. Dummy tanks inspected. Troops find a 'Baka' kamikaze suicide aircraft (Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, rocket powered, human-guided attack aircraft). Obsolete planes on airstrip. Airstrip is repaired. Aerial view of airstrip. Tanks advance on roads. Suicide boats are inspected. They are packed with explosives and intended for launching down hill into a stream. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance in the villages of the islands. Tanks advance in the villages. Marines approach houses in the village. Fire and smoke due to explosions. Dead bodies lay on ground. Fire rises up from the houses in village. Flame throwing Sherman tanks set huge fires throughout the villages. Aerial view of smoke over island. Infantry equipped with small arms, and some seen carrying flame thrower packs on their backs, moving along the roads without heavy support weapons. U.S. Douglas TBM Avenger aircraft drop food, water and munitions by parachute to Marines climbing hills. Smoke protects Marines crossing an open slope. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance the island. Roads muddy due to water. Trucks, jeeps and tanks move along the water flooded roads with difficulty. Advancing troops and supplies slowed down. Tank and infantry units in fields. Phosphorous and small arms fired on camouflaged Japanese positions. Heavy smoke rises up. Fire and smoke. Tanks and soldiers advance. Army corps relieved by Marines in South Naha. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on Naha. Two Marines look at a map and confer. Artillery and dive bombers bombard Naha. U.S. Marines occupy the outskirts. Fire and explosions. Heavy black smoke rises up. Bombing at day and night. Tank guns fired. Firing in streets of Naha. (World War II period).
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