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Troops in a mess line on the deck of an LST underway at sea off the coast of Okinawa, Japan during World War II.

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.

Date: 1945, April 2
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070707
U.S. naval gunfire and landing craft during the invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II

U.S. battle fleet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan on the L+3 Day during the Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. A battleship in the background. A landing craft in the foreground. The battleship fires. Landing craft come in and near a beach. At time 00:34 to 01:32 shows the battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42), in a very detailed close up. More landing craft near the island. Smoke rising on Okinawa island.

Date: 1945, April 4
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070756
U.S. Navy ships of Task Force 58 fight against Japanese Kamikaze attacks and repair battle damage during Okinawa campaign, WW2

Opening scene shows Landing Ship Tank USS LST 1006, with her front doors open after delivering her cargo at shore of Okinawa, during World War 2. Resupply operations are seen with landing craft shuttling between transport ships. Landing ships delivering supplies and equipment directly to the shore. An Army truck drives down the ramp of a Landing Ship Tank. A huge crane installed on a vessel behind LST 633 on the Okinawa waterfront. Vehicles driving from ships to the shore from a Landing Ship Dock (LSD). Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) numbers 606, 30, and 559 are parked at the shore, delivering vehicles to Okinawa. Suddenly Japanese Kamikaze aircraft begin attacking. View from ship in Navy Task Force 58, as its gunners shoot down a Kamikaze that crashes into the sea. View from island of an aircraft carrier, as all the anti-aircraft guns along the side her flight deck fire continuously raising lots of smoke from the gunfire. A Kamikaze plane speeding across the water at low altitude. Closeup of Navy ship gunners firing. View from a ship's deck of sky filled with tracer rounds the strike a Kamikaze airplane. It explodes into flaming pieces that fall into the ocean close to the ship. Navy gunners firing twin Bofors anti aircraft guns. Sky filled with black flak clouds and tracer bullets. A Japanese Kamikaze aircraft (Kawasaki Ki-61) hit and diving straight down into the water where it explodes raising a large cloud of smoke and water. Aircraft carrier gunners firing at a low flying Kamikaze plane that passes the USS Alaska (CB-1) in the foreground and strikes an Essex-class U.S. aircraft carrier. Views of sailors on her flight deck fighting fire. Bow view from nearby ship of heavy smoke billowing from the carrier. Side view of the same. Closeup of sailors cutting holes in her flight deck to allow firefighting hoses to reach fire below. A welder using cutting torch to clear jagged pieces of metal. Firefighters hosing down the deck with foam. A Kamikaze crashes close to another Essex-class carrier, exploding at her waterline. Views of firefighting aboard that ship. Men hauling fire hoses onto the flight deck to bring ocean water up for firefighting. View from above of sailors pouring water below decks. A welder repairing a damaged stanchion. Gunners firing from the ship's superstructure as Japanese aircraft continue to maneuver among ships of Task Force 58. Streams of tracer rounds tracking a Kamikaze plane. View from above of sailors spreading foam over the flight deck. Firefighters playing hoses on pieces of destroyed Douglas Dauntless aircraft on the flight deck. External view of the severe waterline damage to the carrier. Welder working on deck. Landing officer with paddles directing a Douglas Dauntless aircraft landing on a carrier. Sailors carrying an injured flight crew member, across the flight deck on a litter. Dead covered in white shrouds laid out on the ship's deck, for burial at sea.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072097
U.S. Navy ships bombard beach at Kerama Retto, Okinawa, during World War II

U.S. Navy bombardment of beach at Kerama Retto, Okinawa, during World War 2 invasion of Okinawa. LSMs (Landing Ship, Medium), destroyers and battle ships underway. Rocket barrage fired. Rocky shoreline of the island in the background. Details seen include: Time 00:25 is the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40 firing main and secondary batteries. Time 00:41 is a detailed closeup bow-on view of the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40. (Note: As seen, the USS New Mexico did retain its casemated 5-inch/51 caliber guns for the Okinawa invasion, contrary to some historic references.)

Date: 1945, March 27
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053460
Carrier aircraft and Destroyers with other ships underway and en route to Okinawa during World War II.

The U.S. Task Force advances in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A starboard bow of a ship cut water and en route to Okinawa. U.S. Navy F-6s parked on the deck of a ship. A carrier aircraft underway. A heavy cruiser underway. A aircraft carrier underway. Another carrier aircraft underway with the U.S. task force. Carrier aircraft and Destroyers with other ships underway and en route to Okinawa. A large number of ships off the beach of Okinawa. The Landing Ship Tanks underway. Clouds in the background. A Landing Craft Infantry underway. U.S. Infantrymen aboard the landing craft. Aerial view of invasion fleet off the coast. A U.S. aircraft, flying in support of assault forces, flies low over beachhead. Area covered with smoke from shore explosions.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069335
Allied LVT and LVTA crafts approach and bomb Japanese enemy positions near beaches of Okinawa; Landing Crafts approach Okinawa.

Bombardment of Okinawa, Japan by the Allies during World War II. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) and LVT A (Landing Vehicle Tracked Armored) move towards the beach. A control boat in the background. LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) approaches the beach. Smoke rises from targets hit on the coast of Okinawa.

Date: 1945, April 16
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042104