American Marines in action in Senaga Shima, Okinawa, Japan. Rows of tanks of United States 6th Tank Battalion fire into caves as they advance. Tanks advance along a road. Men of United States 6th Marine Division load ammunition onto tanks under a wrecked Japanese hangar. (World War II period).
Japanese hill fortifications in Senaga Shima, Okinawa, Japan. Caves, bunkers and pillbox fortifications on a hill. Wrecked huts along a slope as seen from a cave.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War. LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) stands by in transport area. A man at a 40 mm antiaircraft gun. Men wearing life jackets at the gun. They train and point the gun. Shells explode at the coast of Geruma Shima.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) approach an anchored LST (Landing ship Tank). LVT enters a LST. Line of LST underway. Coast of Geruma Shima strafed by aerial bombings. LVT exit from the tank deck of a LST. Allied troops in a landing craft approach the beach. Soldiers move on the beach after landing.
Allied invasion of Okinawa, Japan during World War. American troops walk past a native village with huts in the background. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) approach the beach at Geruma Shima as smoke rises. LVT at the beach. A number of LVT underway as they move towards the beach.
Invasion of Aguni, a village in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Battleships at sea during invasion of Aguni in Ryukyu Islands in Japan on 9th June 1945. Artillery fired from the ships. Landing crafts carrying 8th Regiment Combat troops approach the island. The troops holding guns, advance on the island. The soldiers fire guns. The soldiers move under cover. The Japanese civilians come out of their hiding in underground shelters. A civilian and few others come out of their hiding place. The Japanese civilians being held. Women and children standing on the road. The native women prostrate before a soldier. The soldier offers them cigarettes to calm their fear. Soldiers with the women and children.
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