Bombardment on beach of Kerama Retto, Okinawa in Pacific Theater. LSMs (Landing Ship, Medium), destroyer ships and battle ships underway. Rockets fired from ships. Rocket barrage fired. Black smoke rises up. Mountains and island in the background. (World War II period).
Sailors relaxing on flight deck of the USS Wasp (CV-18) in final days of World War 2. An F6F behind them with wings folded. Ship's Island displays numerous nautical signal flags. Sailors in bathing suits watching some activity taking place below, on the hangar deck.
Fire fighting aboard the USS Hancock (CV-19) in the Western Pacific Ocean off the coast of Formosa (Taiwan). Sailors direct fire hoses on a burning TBF Avenger and hole in the flight deck. The TBF Avenger had returned from a sortie, landed on the deck, taxied near the island and then exploded. 50 sailors were killed and 75 injured. Corpsmen carry wounded man on stretcher across flight deck. (World War II period).
United States Marines advance during invasion of an island in the Pacific during World War II. U.S. Navy sailors, enlisted men and officers in ranks stand in files during a drill aboard a Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels (LCVP). Burial of a crew member at the sea. Colors flying from the yardarm down at the halyards. A sailor in the gun tub at dusk.
United States Marines advance during the invasion of an island in the Pacific during World War II. A convoy of battleships sail in the sea. A Landing Ship Mechanized (LCM) moves alongside a Landing Ship Tank (LST). U.S. soldiers in full gear aboard the LST. A soldier in the gun tub of the LST keeps a watch on the sea. A U.S. Navy destroyer and other small boats near it in the sea.
United States Navy offloads material and equipment on a beach during invasion of an island in the Pacific during World War II. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) loaded with supplies and soldiers at the beach. Soldiers, army trucks and jeeps with chained wheels on the deck of LST. Trucks and jeeps drive out of LST on the beach. Several LCVPs ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels) tied together at the beach. Another LST loaded with jeeps and army trucks on its deck. Smoke arises from an explosion on a distant beach.
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