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United States Navy Invasion fleet under Admiral Richmond K. Turner sailing near Okinawa coast, green beach, during Battle of Okinawa in WW2

Whole invasion fleet of the United States Navy in Operation Iceberg, or more famously known as the Battle of Okinawa, during World War 2. Invasion fleet includes amphibious ships such as patrol craft coastals, submarine chasers, battleships, LST (or Tank Landing ships), LCI (Landing Craft Infantry), Landing Ship Medium (LSM), and landing craft such as the LCVP (landing craft vehicle personnel boat or also known as the Higgins boat). A Tank Landing ship sails towards Okinawa, showing military equipment and with sectional pontoons attached to its side. Landed amphibious LVT tanks and Higgins boats on the Green Beach in Okinawa’s coast. Invasion fleet in Green Beach in Okinawa during Battle of Okinawa. Okinawa Island in smoke from Battle of Okinawa off green beach.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 1
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078453
Japanese gun turrets and shore defense on Okinawa beach as seen from unsteady boat, USS Solace sails near coast of Okinawa, green beach, during Battle of Okinawa in WW2

Various views of the Japanese shore defense gun turrets, wreckage of pillbox nests and Japanese shore defense, and the coast of Okinawa Island in the Battle of Okinawa during World War 2, all seen from a moving boat. United States Hospital Ship, USS Solace (AH-5), sails close to coast of Okinawa Island as part of the invasion fleet for the Okinawa Gunto. As the USS Solace sails near the coast of Okinawa, an APA ship can be seen sailing from a distance.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 1
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078452
U.S. Army 77th Division soldiers capture an island of the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu campaign of World War II.

U.S. Army 77th Division in the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu campaign of World War II. Columns of soldiers move along a road among fields. A squad leader fires into a cave. Men of the 136th Engineers rush with guns up a hill. The men move past a Shinto shrine. A soldier fires flame throwers on Japanese caves. A soldier blows a bugle and other soldiers salute during a flag raising ceremony on the first Japanese homeland island taken. A soldier tries to hoist the flag and other soldiers stand around and salute. The flag being raised and hoisted. The troops salute.

Location: Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070071
U.S. Army 77th Division soldiers fire artillery in the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu Campaign of World War II.

U.S. Army 77th Infantry Division in the Ryukyu Islands during the Ryukyu campaign of World War II. A vessel underway at sea en route to the Ryukyu Islands. Soldiers on landing crafts underway at sea. LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) heading towards a beach. Soldiers unload from the LVTs onto the beach. 305th and 306th Infantry Regiment troops advance inland from the beach. A small building. Two soldiers holding guns in prone position on the side of a road. The soldiers fire the guns. The troops load and fire 81mm mortars. The soldiers standing behind shut their ears. The troops load a 155mm howitzer. The howitzer is fired from beneath a camouflage net. One of the soldiers shuts his ears. Several soldiers on a field and LVTs parked in view. Men of the 304th Field Artillery Battalion remove shells from cartons.

Location: Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070070
United States soldiers fighting at the Battle for Okinawa, Japan (WW2)

United States forces at the Battle for Okinawa in World War II. American ships fire artillery at Japanese positions in Okinawa Island. American ships and boats in ocean near Okinawa. American soldier moves forward with a rifle as he attacks Japanese positions. American soldiers fire at Japanese positions. Soldier uses a telephone for communication. American tanks and artillery fire. Soldiers hoist the American flag on Okinawa Island. View of a cemetery of United States soldiers. An American soldier visits fellow soldier's grave.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 1
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025522
Distant view of LST and amphibious LVT vehicles on Okinawa, green beach, during Battle of Okinawa in WW2

Coast of Okinawa Islands during the Battle of Okinawa during World War 2. United States Navy LST (or Tank Landing ships) sail off the coast of Okinawa. Camera pans to the hills near the coast of Okinawa. Amphibious LVT vehicles (Landing Vehicle Tracked), loaded with United States troops, are prepared to push forward to the beach. Amphibious LVT vehicles (Landing Vehicle Tracked), loaded with United States troops, line up on Okinawa beach.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, April 1
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078451
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