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General Joseph Stilwell and General Simon Buckner confer in Okinawa; battle scenes on Okinawa.

General Roy Geiger and General Simon B. Buckner Jr on Okinawa during World War 2 (prior to General Buckner's death at Okinawa in June, 1945. General Buckner and General Joseph Stilwell confer outside a tent. Tanks and infantrymen move at Hill 92 for a battle against Japanese troops. View from elevated position of battle underway and tanks with mounted flamethrowers attacking Japanese machine gun nest positions. U.S. Army soldiers standing on a ridge and firing rifles at enemy positions. Long extension hose is run from tank flamethrower up a hill to reach another enemy position. A Japanese officer with a badly burned face and injuries to neck, head, and arms surrenders to U.S. Army soldiers. He is assisted by U.S. soldiers in climbing over rocks during surrender. Officers feed Japanese officer, a 1st Lieutenant in a Japanese Navy unit, and give him a cigarette which he smokes. They carry him on a stretcher to receive medical attention and further interrogation. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058492
United States B-29 bombers drop incendiary bombs over Kobe, Japan

"Kobe strike" shows United States B-29 bomber aicraft dropping 3200 tons of incendiary bombs over industrial targets in Kobe, Japan during World War 2. Firebombing causes pillars of smoke to rise up. Narrator speaks of strikes on other Japanese cities also and relates statement by General Arnold that beginning July 1945, industrial Japan will be hit by bombs at the rate of 2 million tons per year, or 5480 tons per day, adding that "by the end of 1946, Japan will have ceased to exist as a bombing target."

Date: 1945, June
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058494
USS Franklin heads towards the United States after facing a Japanese attack during World War II.

United States aircraft carrier USS Franklin after being attacked by a Japanese bomber in the Pacific Ocean on March 19, 1945, during World War II. The U.S. flag flies from USS Franklin while on its way to the United States. A chaplain conducts a religious service on the deck of the aircraft carrier. The ship enters the Panama Canal. The men who faced the Japanese attack on USS Franklin being decorated. Men lined up with medals on their uniforms. Crew members smile after being decorated. The ship enters New York Harbor with the Statue of Liberty in the background.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059301
U.S. Navy submarine USS Bluefish underway with Japanese prisoners aboard it in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

U.S. Navy submarine USS Bluefish submarine underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. An insignia aboard the U.S. Navy submarine USS Bluefish. Japanese prisoners go topside aboard the submarine. Smoke rises in the background as a small boat burns. Two small boats burn in the background as the submarine pulls away. Lookouts with binoculars. The USS Bluefish approaches a Japanese schooner. A lookout with binoculars on the background. Oil afire on the surface at night. The oil fire is from the i350, a Japanese submarine sunk by the Bluefish on 15 July 1945.

Date: 1945, July 15
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059903
Invasion of Corregidor by U.S. 503rd Air Regiment and 24th Division during World War II.

Battle of Corregidor fought between U.S. troops and Japanese troops in Corregidor, Luzon Island, Philipinnes during World War II. Japanese troops lower the U.S. flag and raise the Japanese flag after the fall of Corregidor in 1942. U.S. troops in Japanese prison camps. Invasion of Corregidor on February 16, 1945 by U.S. 503rd Air Regiment and 24th Division. A U.S. convoy underway at sea. U.S. naval battleships attack shore targets. Planes take off from an airfield. U.S. 503rd Air Regiment dropped by parachutes. Paratroopers land in Corregidor. U.S. 24th Division comes ashore in amphibious vehicles, troops land and fight their way inland.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060201
United States 9th Army troops and equipment cross the Rhine River in Europe during World War II.

A 1976 training film in the United States details the role of Combat Military Police of the United States Army in supporting river crossing during war. A member of U.S. Military Police looks through binoculars on a hillside while the division advances on a training battlefield. Rest of clip shows actual footage from World War 2: U.S. 9th Army troops cross the Rhine River in Europe in 1945 during World War II. Equipment and U.S. Army soldiers cross the river. Landing crafts and barges across the Rhine River. The troops disembark from landing crafts at the river bank. A pontoon bridge is built by men. An MP directs traffic of vehicles and other equipment along the bridge.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061446