United States 2nd Marine Division sailors fire at Japanese infantry to flush them out from dugouts in Tarawa during World War II. Heavy firing takes place and wounded carried away on litters for medical aid. Wreckage spreads all around as mortars fires.
Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu being released on parole in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's war time foreign minister being released on parole after completing four years of imprisonment out of seven years. Shigemitsu bids adieu to prison officers at the gates of Tokyo's war criminal penitentiary. He gets aboard a ship and sailors on the ship.
A demonstration about clearing obstacles at a beach in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 226 Hagensen pack demolition charges MK 20 )'. A soldier with a 22 pound pack of Hagensen demolition explosives in an ammunition bag on his back. The soldier holds a chord. Soldiers attach the explosives to a Japanese type obstacles at a beach. A soldier detonates the explosives. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise up. The area is cleared after the explosion on the beach. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 100 % completed '. (World War II period).
United States ships at the coast of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. United States sailors climb up a hill. Camouflaged Japanese positions like caves at the beach. The sailors enter a cave. The sailors at the beach drink beer. A barrel on the beach. Soldiers enjoy themselves during a beer picnic. Landing crafts at the beach with United States ships in the background.
American prisoners of war at a Japanese prison camp in northern Honshu, Japan after World War II. Buildings at the prison camp. A smoking chimney. A sign on the roof of the building reads ' PW'. U.S. prisoners brush their teeth at the camp. A prisoner shaves his beard.
U.S. prisoners of war at a Japanese prison camp in northern Honshu, Japan after World War II. The prisoners being interviewed by an officer at the prison camp. The officer interviews prisoners and a medical officer as other prisoners look on. The prisoners speak into a microphone during the interview.
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