Marines of 6th Marine Regiment 22nd Marines advance in Okinawa. Tanks move along road. Moving tank kicking up dust. Tanks in position. Smoke from plain which is fired on. (World War II period).
American planes blasting ridge with bombs and rockets while 6th Marines fight with enemy on fields in Okinawa. American fighter planes strafing and bombing hill in the background. Bomb explodes, smoke rises. Captain Mauling of 22nd Marine Regiment using a walkie-talkie radio in front lines on side of embankment. Fighter plane overhead makes a bomb run. Black smoke rises from explosions on hill. Marine with BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) in sitting position on the foreground, firing towards hills in the background. Fighter plane overhead drops bombs. (World War II period).
Tanks support U.S. 29th Regiment, 6th Marine Division, in advance under fire on Okinawa. U.S. tanks in field. Smoke rises from fire in the far background on hill. Two tanks advance over field. Smoke in the background. Tanks advance past other tanks which are parked. Marine crawls around on ground in the foreground. (World War II period).
U.S. 22nd Marine Regiment and 6th Tank Battalion advance under fire in Naha, Okinawa. Tanks and Marines move along road near a village around Naha area. Tanks moving up hill and some huts in the background. Explosions on hillside, tank in the foreground fires. Tanks fire guns at hillside. Explosions and smoke rise from hillside. Some Marines pull a Marine casualty behind a tank and drag him along ground as they are under fire. (World War II period).
U.S. 1st Battalion 1st Marines fight the enemy in Okinawa. Marines on Shark Tooth Ridge fire Thompson sub machine gun and M-1 from prone position down hill towards cave. Marines fire bazooka rocket launcher over crest of hill. Marines fire bazooka over edge. They reload bazooka and another round is fired. (World War II period).
U.S. 6th Marines advance toward and into Naha in Okinawa. Marine runs away after planting satchel charge in cave. Satchel charge explodes. Marine carrying Browning Automatic Rifle trots around to front of cave and fires into mouth of cave. Marine puts satchel charge into the mouth of cave. Marines move up ridge with their equipment. Cameraman slate indicates it is "Dog Company" taking the ridge over the Corps' objective. (World War II period).
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