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USAAF 464th Fighter Squadron crew members refuel P-47N on Ie Shima, near end of World War II

Shirtless U.S. Army Air Forces ground crew members refuel a 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group, P-47N airplane, on Ie Shima Island, Ryukyu Islands, preparing to attack Kyushu, in final days of World War 2. Picture of a girl and the words 'Winkie Jean' painted on the nose of the P-47.

Date: 1945
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033360
A typhoon strikes the U.S. Navy fleet withdrawing after the attack on Aguni island, in the Pacific during World War II.

U.S. Navy fleet struck by a typhoon in the Pacific, during World War II. The rough waters in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Navy fleet of ships hit by a typhoon. The typhoon hits the U.S. Navy 3rd Fleet withdrawing after the attack on Aguni in Ryukyu Islands in Okinawa. Water lashes at the bow of a battleship. Large waves crashing over bow of ships. Battleships, cruisers, destroyers and carriers in the fleet hit by the typhoon. Water rushes on the bow of USS Massachusetts. Men on the ship trying to cover themselves. The seaplanes on the stern of the ship being wrecked on the launcher. The battleship USS Indiana fighting the heavy waters. The aircraft carriers damaged by the typhoon. The bow of the cruiser USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) in the rough waters. The seaplanes on the stern being damaged. One of the aircraft on the launcher. Other seaplanes being wrecked on the deck. The bow of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bennington get damaged. An aircraft takes off from the deck of the carrier which is undamaged. The steel girders supporting the deck is bent and twisted. The carrier at sea. The wrecked section hangs over the bow. The crew of the carrier USS Hornet repairing the damage. The aircraft wreckage on the stern of the ship. Men inspecting the damage. Navy personnel on parts of the aircraft on the deck. The USS Pittsburgh being brought by a Navy tug to a floating dry dock for repair. A temporary step bow is put on USS Pittsburgh.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054937
P-47 operations of USAAF 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group,on Ie Shima Airfield in World War II

Armorers work on P-47N Thunderbolts of the 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group, on Ie Shima Airfield, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. The unit was targeting Kyushu, Japan, near end of World War 2. Airmen near P-47s. Airman on the wing of a plane. Another walks nearby. Gun camera footage shot inflight and aerial views of return to Ie Shima, including the landing rollout.

Date: 1945, August
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033358
Soldiers of United States 307th Regiment's 77th Division in Okinawa, Japan

Soldiers along a grassy slope at Okinawa in Ryukyu Island of Japan. Soldiers fire 155 mm gun. Soldiers of United States 307th Regiment's 77th Division get down from military jeeps and move up a muddy mountain road. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, May 11
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058495
Sherman tanks of the U.S. 706th Tank Battalion, 77th Division advance towards the battlefield during the Battle of Okinawa.

Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands during the Battle of Okinawa. Sherman tanks of the U.S. Army 706th Tank Battalion, 77th Division advance. They use flame throwers and advance against the side of a hill. Smoke rises due to bombardment. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, May 18
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051664
Soldiers of the U.S. 307th Regiment, 77th Division advance towards the war front in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.

Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Soldiers of the U.S. 307th Regiment, 77th Division move across the field. They pass a knocked-out U.S. tank.

Date: 1945, May 18
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051665