U.S. Battleships cruising in the Pacific. Close views of naval 16 inch gun barrels Navy personnel manning radio and teletype stations in a communications center. (They are shirtless, presumably due to heat.) They receive a message from General Bruckner, Commanding General, 10th Army, to Admiral Turner, Commander, Task Force 51,praising the active naval support for U.S. ground forces. Scenes of naval gunfire of all types. Japanese aircraft hit and burning. A U.S. naval 16 inch gun fires and produces a giant smoke ring.
Clinging to pieces of wreckage, exhausted sailors from a destroyed allied vessel are helped aboard an United States Navy submarine by fellow sailors. Some of the rescued sailors are covered in oil. Sailors from the submarine help the victims aboard while others post lookout with binoculars. Some victims are wearing flotation bladders and float on wooden planks. (World War II period).
Okinawan woman pulls a cart containing an injured man to a United States Marine Corps infirmary seeking help. Marines hasten to transfer the wounded man onto a litter and bring him into an infirmary tent.. A Marine Corps doctor and medical team examines the wound on the man's leg inside a tent, and they treat him. Another injured person is seen being brought on a stretcher to the infirmary tent.
American marines transport Okinawan women and children in jeep and trailer to a housing area.They park and women and children climb down. United States Marines in the housing area.. Women with baggage on their heads. Two old women outside a house. A bearded old man. Local people move down a dirt road.. Marines in a field as a road grader levels the field. A tent in the background.
Marines of U.S. 1st Marine Regiment walk along path with civilians . Back view of Marines with rifles walking along road. Hills in background. Civilians escorted by Marines.
A Japanese suicide boat loaded with 300 lbs picric acid. A ruler is laid on the motor of the boat to show measurement. Marine of 6th Marine Division stands near the Japanese boat. Wooded area in background. Various equipment shown.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.