United States Tank Battalion arrives on Red Beach in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa. Amphibious tanks in water. The tanks arrive on Red Beach. A tank with floating gear in water arrives on the beach. United States Marines aboard the tanks. (World War II period).
United States Tank Battalion arrives on Red Beach in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa. Amphibious tanks on Red Beach. United States Marines patrol with rifles in hand. The Marines walk towards the village area. A convoy of tanks advance. Smoke rises from an explosion in the background. The Marines aboard a tank. (World War II period).
United States Tank Battalion arrives on Red Beach in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa. U.S. Marines walk in fields with rifles in hand. The Marines advance in formation. The soldiers converse and relax on the beach. An amphibious tank in the background. Smoke rises on hillside. (World War II period).
Living conditions of the Okinawans in the town of Ishikawa, Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. Natives seated in a compound outside huts. Fully clothed men wash their legs and faces. A man distributes food to the natives. The natives walk away with the food. They sit on the ground and eat the food. An aircraft in flight.
United States Marines aboard landing ships near Red Beach, Okinawa. The ramp door of the ship opens in the water. Tanks and other artillery being transported from the ship by amphibious vehicles onto Red Beach. The amphibious vehicles in water advancing towards the beach. (World War II period).
U.S. 1st Marine Division operations on Peleliu, during World War 2. U.S. F4U Corsair aircraft, flying low and slow, with gear down, drop napalm incendiary bombs on Japanese troops dug in on a ridge. Huge explosions seen. A C-47 transport airplane taxis on airfield. F4U Corsairs are seen parked and tents are pitched nearby.Several C-47s are parked on a ramp. Three F4Us taxi past them headed to the runway. F4Us take off and one is seen bombing Japanese positions on the ridge. Slate notes 1st Marine Division and D+24. Major General William Henry Rupertus,kneels on one knee, in sand, as another officer (shirtless) briefs him. They briefly discuss tactics and then walk away. Marine rifleman firing into burning wreckage of a Japanese position. Marine firing grenade from his rifle. Two Marines stand on beach with LVT (landing vehicle tracked) on the sand, nearby. They point at large ship offshore. Views of the Peleliu beachhead, with numerous ships and landing craft beached, including the second USS Seaward (LST 278) that collided with LST-129 and suffered considerable damage, On October 2, 1944. (LST-129 may be the LST seen next to LST-278.)
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