U.S. troops in Okinawa during World War II. Assault made by elements of U.S. 10th Army, 1st Marines, 6th Marines, 77th Army Division on Shuri Line shows M-4 tanks and M-18 motor carriages equipped with flamethrowers attack Japanese positions. Shell hits on mountains showing smoke rising from explosions. Smoke billows up from white phosphorous explosions on Japanese mined field.
Assault made by elements of U.S. 10th Army consisting of 1st Marines, 6th Marines, 77th and 96th Army Divisions on Shuri line in Okinawa during World War 2. Two Marines firing Browning M1919, 30 caliber machine gun, from a high ridge. Several bodies of fallen Japanese soldiers. (Note: Marine firing the machine gun might be Robert Sorensen, C-1-5 USMC, who recalled being filmed on Okinawa, while firing his machine gun from a ridge at about this date. He served with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division.)
Assault made by elements of U.S. 10th Army consisting of 1st Marines, 6th Marines, 77th and 96th Army Division on Shuri line in Okinawa during World War II. U.S. soldiers and M-4 tanks cross a narrow valley and advance on the hillside under heavy fire. Gun crew of U.S. 383rd Regiment, 96th Army Division fire 37 mm anti tank gun. White phosphorous shells burst over the entire terrain.
Assault made by elements of U.S. 10th Army consisting of 1st Marines, 6th Marines, 77th and 96th Army Division on Shuri Line in Okinawa during World War II. Gun crew of U.S. 383rd Regiment, 96th Army Division fire 37 mm anti tank gun. White phosphorous shells burst over the entire terrain.
Burial services for dead U.S. soldiers at 96th Division Cemetery in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands during World War II. Soldiers at work and a bulldozer operating on a military cemetery. Canvas-wrapped bodies buried in large common grave. Completed section of 96th Division Cemetery showing crosses.
U.S. troops battling enemy on ridge of Zebra Hill in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands during World War II. Soldiers and gun crews of the 382nd Infantry Regiment fire machine guns, antitank guns and rifles from positions on the ridge of Zebra Hill. Shells burst over Japanese positions.
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