Burial services for dead U.S. soldiers at 96th Division Cemetery in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands during World War II. Soldiers at work and a bulldozer operating on a military cemetery. Canvas-wrapped bodies buried in large common grave. Completed section of 96th Division Cemetery showing crosses.
U.S. troops battling enemy on ridge of Zebra Hill in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands during World War II. Soldiers and gun crews of the 382nd Infantry Regiment fire machine guns, antitank guns and rifles from positions on the ridge of Zebra Hill. Shells burst over Japanese positions.
USS Bluegill SS-242 off the coast of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. 40mm gun crew in action aboard USS Bluegill. Another U.S. submarine rises. A U.S. Navy PBM Mariner flying boat in flight. U.S. sailors retrieve a glass fishing buoy. Gun crew aboard USS Bluegill. Men load and fire a 5 inch gun. Men load a gun.
U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) aircraft at Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft parked on aprons at airfield in Guam. Tail Code "A" of the 497th Bomb Group (73rd Bomb Wing) can be seen on one of the B-29s. A formation of USAAF P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft, in flight. U.S. airmen pull through propeller on number 4 engine of a B-29 to assure against hydraulic lock before starting the engine. B-29 parked next to this one displays "Square M" tail code of the 19th Bomb Group (314th Bomb Wing) stationed on Guam.
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.
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.
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