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Okinawan refugees flee the area during the U.S. operations.

The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Soldiers fire guns. Okinawan refugees emerge from huts and clog a road. Jeeps, tanks and amphi tracks ford a stream. Bulldozers repair a road.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051653
Marines advance and rout the snipers from the hills with pack charges and small arms fire.

The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Marines advancing along the way. Snipers are routed from the hills with pack charges and small arms fire. Dead body of soldiers lying on the street. Smoke arises due to firing.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051654
U.S. Flamethrower tank attaching coastal ridge line of Shima, Okiwana.

U.S. Flamethrower tank shooting flames into coastal ridge line of Shima, Okinawa. Fire and smoke spreads quickly. Billows of smoke rise from fire in woods. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, June
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052785
LST (Landing Ship, Tank), LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) and LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) approach shores.

U.S. convoy heading towards Okinawa shores for 'L' Day Landings. Battleship underway at sea. Battleship with tenders around it. LST convoy in harbor. Observer with binoculars. Three Marines sit in landing boat. LVT come in. One LVT passes away. LCVP go ashore. Marine with his head lowered in LST.

Date: 1945, April 1
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052848
General Shepherd, Commodore Herbert B Knowles and Marine officer William T Clement aboard ship.

U.S. Naval and Marine officers aboard ship following L-Day landings of Okinawa. General Shepherd, Naval officer Commodore Herbert Bain Knowles and other Marine officer William Tardy Clement (Assistant Commanding Officer of 6th Marine Division, and in 1945 commanded Third Fleet landing force in Japan) look over bridge of ship. They turn around and pose. General Shepherd speaks.

Date: 1945, April 4
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052858
Nisei interpreter interrogates Okinawan civilian who just came out of cave on hillside, Okiawa.

Okinawan civilians surrender to U.S. soldiers of 32nd Infantry, 7th Division in Okinawa. Okinawan civilians coming out of cave on hillside. Nisei interpreter interrogates civilian. Soldier checks belongings of civilian. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, June 17
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052971