Invasion of Okinawa in World War 2. Shoreline of Okinawa. Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) and landing boats underway in foreground. The invasion force off Okinawa include at time 01:44 the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43; time 01:27 battleship USS Idaho, BB-42; time 01:32 heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25; time 01:38 a Cleveland class light cruiser; Landing Craft Infantry (LCIs), Landing Ships Tank (LSTs), & auxillary ships.
U.S. Invasion of Okinawa in World War 2. Several DUKWs underway loaded with personnel, equipment and at least one 105mm howitzer. The battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40, in background. An OS2U Kingfisher patrol seaplane in a low approach. LSM(R)-194 launches 5-inch rockets at Okinawa. Smoke covered shore of the island of Okinawa. LSM(R)-196 and LSM(R)-197 launch 5-inch rockets at Okinawa.
5-inch rockets being fired from U.S. warships at Okinawa. Smoke covered Okinawa shore line. LSM(R)-198 and LSM(R)-199 fire 5-inch rockets at Okinawa. The destroyer USS Heywood L. Edwards, DD-663, fires her main battery of 5-inch/38 Mark 12 guns.
A Japanse girl blows a whistle and a number of children run along a beach. Japanese children dressed in their uniforms carry a school bag as they move to school. Children play in the school ground. Principal conducts a staff meeting where he complaints about the behavior of a student.. A cleaner puts forward his point of view followed by a female and a male teacher,while one of the faculty members continue to doze through out meeting.Japanese schools are not well equipped and therefore the educational system has certain loopholes.As the meeting concludes teachers leave for their respective classrooms.One of the male teachers finds that students have drawn his sketch on the blackboard.
Japanese children pray and bow their heads to the national flag.The totalitarian government infuses state shintoism in young children and it often blends religion with nationalism.This is done in order to destroy free thought and individuality among young Japanese.Minimum of six years of schooling is compulsory in Japan and all schools are under municipal control.Children draw and paint a picture of a bird and are taught to admire a cherry blossom tree.Fifth grade students read from their text books in a reading period.These government approved textbooks are poor in quality.
Teacher draws Japanese characters on the blackboard in a class and Students learn to paint these characters with a black ink and a paint brush.In the first six years of school education, in Japan, mastering Japanese word characters is elementary requirement.Learning these characters is a difficult task therefore teacher instructs and helps the students as they paint the characters.
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