The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Soldiers fire guns. Okinawan refugees emerge from huts and clog a road. Jeeps, tanks and amphi tracks ford a stream. Bulldozers repair a road.
The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Vehicles and trucks pass through the muddy area. Soldiers up to their waists in water attach cable to a bulldozer. The bulldozer pulls a truck.
The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Soldiers gather in an area. Vehicles parked nearby. Soldiers talk amongst themselves and cheer. An Army officer gets a cigarette from an enlisted man. They smoke
Major Robert Morgan (well-known as the pilot of the B-17, "Memphis Belle," first to complete 25 missions over Germany, in the European Theater and now a B-29 Aircraft Commander with the 73rd Bomb Wing) briefs his crew. They sit on the tarmac near their aircraft, the B-29, "Dauntless Dotty," which was lead aircraft on the first B-29 bombing mission over Japan, on November 24, 1944. The Crew enters the aircraft after the briefing. (World War II period).
Tests to compare effects of conventional bombs to those of incendiaries,on wooden structures. Test conducted at Eglin Field, Florida, during World War 2. Actor Lee J. Cobb, portrays an Air Force Captain, seated at Project Officer's desk. He shows photographs of a wooden test house constructed similar to houses in Japan. View of wooden structure being ignited from within. The resultant fire is put out promptly. B-17 airplane in flight over the test area, drops conventional bombs, which destroy some of the test village houses. A second bombing using incendiary bombs that break apart and ignite many fires, produces greater destruction across the test village.
Activities of the U.S. 1st and the 6th Marine Divisions on the island of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A 'Corsair' plane lays a smoke screen to protect tanks crossing a field north of Naha under Japanese artillery fire. Marines follow tanks across an open terrain. They mop up Japanese hill side positions after the flame thrower tanks have been used.
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