United States troops on an island in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. They look through trees in a wooded area and advance. A soldier washes his clothes in water near the shore. He hangs it. He transports water using a Japanese bucket on a stick. A view of the beach. Palm trees on beach. Mountains in the background. A Japanese standard barge under camouflage on the beach. (World War II period).
United States Army and Navy newsroom where combat films are processed. The combat films are made by U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marines. A man with a roll of negative. A cameraman of U.S. Marines explains how the footage of the Tarawa invasion in the Pacific Theater was taken. Marines aboard the ships. Chaplains carry out a religious ceremony on the ship. Marines read prayer books during the religious ceremony on deck. Some Marines are seen kneeling in prayer. Marines hold a cake with inscription “A Jungle Plus Coconut Tree Equals Jap So Keep Your Eyes Open”. The Marines and the cameraman instructed about the operation. Officer points to a map. Naval guns fired. Heavy smoke and explosions. Invasion barges beached. The troops land on the beach. Some Marines wade on water. Troops fire. The wounded are carried on stretcher and evacuated on Higgins boat. Dead bodies of the Japanese soldiers. A bloated body of a Japanese soldier with arms and legs outstretched. Prisoners on beach. Soldiers clear airstrips. A kitten hides under a tank. Soldier feeds kitten. Naked soldiers washing themselves outside a village. Artillery on the beach. Troops go to see the raising of U.S. flag. (World War II period).
United States 10th Army in Okinawa, Pacific Theater. U.S. tanks advance on hilly terrain in Okinawa. A marine tank blown by a Japanese land mine. U.S. Marines try to rescue the crew on the tank. The ammunition in the tank catches fire. U.S. Marines fail to rescue the crew. Japanese installations destroyed. Fire and smoke rises due to explosions. (World War II period).
Post-war views of damage from USAAF bombing of Yokohama, Japan, during World War 2. Steel skeleton of a burnt out warehouse, at a harbor. Interior of the bomb damaged warehouse. Buildings in the background. Damaged ships and damaged warehouses. Japanese men wheel a load of lumber on a two-wheel cart. A burnt storeroom. A Japanese sign lying in the rubble. Wreckage of a cannery and damaged area of cranes at the docks.
Camera pans over damaged areas of Yokahoma, after end of World War 2. Many buildings are damaged in a Wide area of canals and roads. Shells of larger concrete buildings standing amidst wide area of destroyed smaller buildings. Complete change of scene, to U.S. African-American airman, wire-brushing the Japanese red ball roundel from fuselage of a captured Japanese airplane.
Fueling of destroyer, USS Cooper (DD-695) underway at sea in the United States. Sailors aboard a destroyer ship. Officers maneuver the destroyer. An engineer involved in the preparations. An animated diagram shows information applicable when a destroyer takes on board fuel oil from a tanker alongside and both ships are underway. The small tanks are filled first. The officers work efficiently and wear life jackets. Men at forward fueling station. An animated diagram shows the course taken by the destroyer and the tanker. The animated diagram shows the collision of both ships. The heaving line and towing line are taken from the tanker to the destroyer ship. The free end of the messenger is returned to the destroyer. Sailors hold the fuel hose and take it to the tanks. A safe distance is maintained between the two ships. The straps are cut after refueling and the destroyer ship increases it's speed. (Note: The USS Cooper was torpedoed by the Japanese Destroyer, Take, during an engagement with Japanese naval forces in the Gulf of Leyte, on December 3, 1944. Reportedly, She exploded, split in two, and sank. Of her crew, only 168 could be rescued. The remaining 191 lost their lives.)
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