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Staff officers plot the progress of operations in Okinawa aboard USS Estes off the shore of Okinawa, Japan.

Staff officers aboard USS Estes off the shore Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Interior of a plotting room aboard USS Estes (AGC-12) as staff officers plot the progress of operations in Okinawa using charts and operation plans. A teletype screen on a bulkhead in the background. The shoreline of Okinawa shows shells bursting and smoke columns near the beach. The message "Suicide boats hidden in inaccessible caves along beaches" appears on the teletype screen. A New York Class battleship from starboard quarter as signal hoist is raised on halyards. An officer reads a letter and turns pages. Pictures of suicide boats in caves are enclosed.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072091
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
U.S. infantry troops search for Japanese troops in the village of Kin in Okinawa, Japan during Battle of Okinawa of WWII.

Battle of Okinawa in Japan, during World War II. U.S. Infantry troops advance on a road lined by trees in the village of Kin in Okinawa. The soldiers, holding guns, move in front of the houses in the village. Women and children seated in front of the houses. Children watch the soldiers in front of a building. A board, with letters written in Japanese. The U.S. soldiers with the villagers. Soldiers inspecting Japanese uniforms. The soldiers searching for Japanese troops in the village. The Japanese troops dressed as villagers being led away by the U.S. troops.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054925
United States Marines with tanks advance towards a village in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa.

United States Marines in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa. The U.S. soldiers relaxing with an amphibious tank passing over a bridge in the background. The soldiers seated along a dirt road. Smoke rises from hillside. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April 4
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063805
Natives move with their belonging and children in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa.

Activities of U.S. 1st Marine division in Okinawa, Japan on the L+1 Day during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. Natives seated on the ground. A soldier with a rifle stands beside the natives and moves out. They carry their belongings and walk with children. A woman eats sugarcane. A woman carries an infant on her back. An old man smiles.

Date: 1945, April 2
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070752
Gen. Geiger and Lt. Gen. Pedro Augusto Del Valle confer about advancing forward in Okinawa, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa.

Activities of U.S. 1st Marine division in Okinawa, Japan on the L+2 Day during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. United States Marine Corps( USMC ) General Roy Stanley Geiger and USMC Lieutenant General Pedro Augusto Del Valle confer about advance showing map. A soldier with a rifle stands in the background.

Date: 1945, April 3
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070753