U.S.Marines of 3rd 155mm Howitzer Battalion, Baker Battery, in operation during battle of Okinawa, during World War 2. (For this campaign, they have been assigned to the U.S. Army 419th Field Artillery Group.) Camouflage netting is stretched over gun position. Crew fires many rounds. The operation appears routine: shell placed, propellant powder placed, breech closed, piece fired, crew uses pole to swab barrel, and the process is repeated. The Marines are stripped to the waist as they work. They pause after a session of firing. Gunner wearing headphone speaks into telephone. Gunner, in a tent, cutting bag charges of propellant. He reties sacks containing correct amount and gives them to another gunner.
155mm howitzer firing under camouflage netting during battle of Okinawa in Japan. Officer traces position on field map. A Gun crew working under netting. Crewmen puts fingers in ears as howitzer firing. (World War II period).
Aerial views of LVT (A) or Landing Vehicles Tracked (Armored), on a beach in Okinawa, Japan. Explosions and smoke columns during bombardment on Okinawa. Open terrain on Okinawa showing roads and fields. Scenes of city of Shuri, Okinawa, as bombs burst. Smoke columns rise. (World War II period).
Aircraft fly over the sea in Okinawa, Japan. A sailor on a boat in the middle of the sea, possibly returning to ship from a rescue mission. Man walks with a sailor.
Clinging to pieces of wreckage, exhausted sailors from a destroyed allied vessel are helped aboard an United States Navy submarine by fellow sailors. Some of the rescued sailors are covered in oil. Sailors from the submarine help the victims aboard while others post lookout with binoculars. Some victims are wearing flotation bladders and float on wooden planks. (World War II period).
Japanese women and children wash clothes at Kin water point spring in Okinawa, Japan. People carrying sacks of clothes on top of their heads. Group of women doing laundry in spring. A child takes out clothes from a bag. A woman scrubs clothes with soap and brush.
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