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American flag raising ceremony at Southern Tip of Okinawa in Mobuni Town.

Flag raising ceremony at Southern Tip of Okinawa in Mobuni Town. United States Marine Corps General Roy Stanley Geiger and Marine Corps Major General Pedro del Valle talk. (Del Valle was the first Hispanic to reach the rank of Lieutenant General). Major General Del Valle talks with other Marines. Other Marines in the background. Sign shows where the last organized stand was made by the Japanese Army on Okinawa. Two Marines in the background. General Stilwell talks to an officer. General Stilwell climbs up hill. Mountains in the background. Raising flag at spot where Japanese made last stand on Okinawa. Marine General Stillwell and Marines saluting as flag is raised on top of flag pole. Marines salute. Sign in the foreground. Flag on the flag pole. General Stilwell addresses a group of Marines at flag raising ceremony. General Stilwell and Marine Generals talk. General Geiger talks with General Del Valle and another General at ceremony. General Stilwell and Marine General talk. Group assembled around flag pole.

Date: 1945, June
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052903
Bombs burst and smoke columns rise in Shuri, Okinawa, Japan.

Bombs burst and smoke columns rise in Shuri, Okinawa, Japan. Shoreline of Okinawa. Sunken ship close off shore superstructure projects above water. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, May 10
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034737
Men examining wreckage of burial vaults and barracks near Shuri, Okinawa in Japan.

Men examining wreckage of burial vaults and barracks near Shuri, Okinawa in Japan. Wreckage of 1937 ford in rubble. Ford emblem. Marine cleans Japanese rifle. TBF Avenger plane drops supplies by parachute. Parachutes drifting downward.

Date: 1945, May 30
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034738
A Marine of the U.S. 1st Marine Division climbs hill to plant American flag over Shuri Castle in Okinawa, Japan.

Marines attach small American flag to stick in Shuri, Okinawa, Japan. A Marine of the 1st Marine Division climbs hill to plant flag over Shuri Castle. Flag planted on top of hill.

Date: 1945, May 30
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034739
Marines advance across open area in Shuri, Okinawa, Japan.

Marines advance across open area in Shuri, Okinawa, Japan. Marines resting in small valley. White smoke rises and drifts across open plain. Wrecked embankment. Dead Japanese soldiers lying on ground. Marine examines one of them.

Date: 1945, May 30
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034740
Supplies loaded on a truck in the Taira village of Okinawa.

People working in the Taira village of Okinawa. Men loading supplies on a truck. The truck moves. A man on a bicycle in the street. A man walking along a field and inspecting a thatch.

Date: 1945, April 14
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051478