Shores of Tarawa Atoll in Pacific Ocean. Landing craft crosses in the foreground. House on pilings on beach. Marines mill around on beach. LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) on strip.
United States Army and Navy newsroom where combat films are processed. The combat films are made by U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marines. A man with a roll of negative. A cameraman of U.S. Marines explains how the footage of the Tarawa invasion in the Pacific Theater was taken. Marines aboard the ships. Chaplains carry out a religious ceremony on the ship. Marines read prayer books during the religious ceremony on deck. Some Marines are seen kneeling in prayer. Marines hold a cake with inscription “A Jungle Plus Coconut Tree Equals Jap So Keep Your Eyes Open”. The Marines and the cameraman instructed about the operation. Officer points to a map. Naval guns fired. Heavy smoke and explosions. Invasion barges beached. The troops land on the beach. Some Marines wade on water. Troops fire. The wounded are carried on stretcher and evacuated on Higgins boat. Dead bodies of the Japanese soldiers. A bloated body of a Japanese soldier with arms and legs outstretched. Prisoners on beach. Soldiers clear airstrips. A kitten hides under a tank. Soldier feeds kitten. Naked soldiers washing themselves outside a village. Artillery on the beach. Troops go to see the raising of U.S. flag. (World War II period).
Natives work on various jobs in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. A woman works with a wheat grinder. Several other women stand around the trees. An old man with a barber. Several men and children sit in a group. Two women pound grain with hammers. Wheat is beaten inside a grinding pot by hammers. Two women work with a grain sifter.
Native children in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. The children are given dancing instructions in a field. A native woman instructs a boy in dancing. Boys are given instructions in judo. Okinawa policeman in background. Boys practice judo. Wounded children lying down. Several children sit on a bench. A small boy with an taped amputated hand sits on a bench.
Church services on a field in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. Line of priests saying mass at makeshift altars rigged on hoods of several jeeps. Large group of people. Men attend mass. Rows of crosses and United States flags. Crosses in a cemetery with U.S. flags flying beside them. Priests kneel in front of makeshift altars. A U.S. marine and a man stand next to jeep at mass. A marine walks by crosses in the cemetery. A priest says mass and gives communion.
Medical aid to wounded natives in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. Natives walk past a hospital truck parked on the road. United States Marines carry wounded on stretchers. The marines put the stretchers into back of the truck. A boy on a stretcher. Tents with open flaps in the background. A woman bandages the hand of a small boy with an amputated arm.
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