Flag raising ceremony by U.S. Army at Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Commander-General of USAFPOA (US Army Forces Pacific Ocean Area) Lieutenant General Robert Richardson, Jr. and General Ray D. Geiger hold separate press conferences. General Geiger shakes hands with newsmen.
Civilians in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Two signal flares dropped to earth. Civilians migrate from front to rear lines. Civilians rest at roadside.
Okinawan civilians in Okinawa during World War II. Civilians migrate from front to rear lines. They rest at roadside and start walking along the road.
U.S. army battles enemy in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Stream of fire from flame-throwing tank near Hill no. 89. U.S. soldiers pass in the foreground. Smoke rises from the hill.
U.S. soldiers and Okinawan civilians in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Soldiers round up a group of natives. Line of civilians at aid station wait for medical attention. A woman being treated for sulphur burns on her back.
Air evacuation of wounded United States Marines on Okinawa in June, 1945. U.S. Army Air Forces Stinson L-5B Sentinel ambulance aircraft of the 163rd Liaison Squadron landing in front of camera as signalman waves flags. Identifiable aircraft serial numbers are: 44-17001, 44-17308, 44-17005. An ambulance pulls up on the field in front of a Red Cross tent and men carry a woundedsoldier on a stretcher towards L-5B aircraft. Another Marine on litter being loaded aboard an aircraft. More L-5B's taxi into position and take off. Identifiable tail numbers 44-17320, 44-16938. One aircraft, only identifiable with the number '80' on the tail is a Marine Corps OY-1 (L-5B).
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