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Casualties wearing oxygen masks are placed aboard Stinson L-5B ambulance planes in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.

Army Infantry men march by as ambulances delivering casualties to airstrip pass in the other direction. United States soldier casualties on litters are placed into Stinson L-5B Sentinel aircraft. Several of the casualties are wearing oxygen masks. L-5B's taxi on rocky field. Casualty unloaded from ambulance and placed into L-5B. Identifiable aircraft: L-5B serial number 44-16398 of the 163rd Liaison squadron and Marine Corps OY-1 (L-5B) with distinctive shark-mouth painted on nose and number '89' painted on tail.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, June 21
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052270
Casualties removed from ambulance and placed aboard L-5B planes in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.

Ambulance moves along highway and over a bumpy road. A wounded man on litter is removed from an ambulance jeep and placed aboard an L-5B plane. Medics give the wounded man a pat as they strap litter to plane. L-5B taxis and takes off. Men stand behind an ambulance.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, June 21
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052271
163rd Liaison Squadron Stinson L-5B airplanes fly low over the water, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.

Casualties on litters are removed from an ambulance and taken into tents at field hospital identified by Red Cross flags. Casualties are placed aboard Stinson L-5B planes. L-5Bs flying low over the water pass over warship. Planes are flown by pilots of the 163rd Liaison Squadron.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, June 21
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052273
United States 6th Battalion tanks fire over plain in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.

Marines of 6th Marine Regiment 22nd Marines advance in Okinawa. Tanks move across plain. Tanks fire out over plain. M4A3 tank and Marines moves along road. Four M4A2 tanks move out from cover onto plain. M4A2 under cover of trees. Marine behind the turret of tank uses binoculars. (World War II period).

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, June 14
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052810
United States 10th Army invades Okinawa,Japan during World War 2

A film titled ' Invasion of Okinawa' shows Admiral Chester William Nimitz after his declaration to attack Okinawa in Japan. United states 10th Army launches an invasion on Kerama island in Ryukyu,Japan. Admiral Nimitz,General Buckner and Admiral Richmond Turner direct the operations. American soldiers take over the island after heavy bombardment. They invade Okinawa and land on the island behind naval bombardment.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038547
U.S. 10th Army troops on their way to Okinawa for capturing the Japanese positions on the island (WW2)

Invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Coming aboard the flagship of Task Force 58 is Admiral Marc Mitscher. Conferences in Guam come to an end. Officers walk. U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander in Chief, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sends an armada of 1400 vessels to Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands. Fleet underway to Okinawa. Troops of the U.S. 10th Army division play cards, play music and dance on the deck to entertain themselves. Officer distributes money to the soldiers aboard the ship. Troops stand with money. Guns of the fleet fire at land. Rockets being fired at shore. Landing crafts reach the shore. Troops walk on the shore in Okinawa. Japanese dugouts and pillboxes being destroyed with grenades. Soldiers talk and share food with civilians on the island.

Location: Japan
Date: 1945, April 9
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046763
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