Marine, Naval, Civilian Activities On Okinawa, 04/03/1945

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film # 11306. No slates. Vehicles being unloaded on beach. View of beach and harbor. USS Okanogan (APA-220) in harbor. LST-1000 in harbor. Signal Company Marine in tree, affixing signal lines. View looking down at LST as vehicle is driven off. Shot of Marine cameraman on hill. Looking down at activities on beach. Inland, some shots of tracked armored vehicle. Marines carve up a pig (?). Views of many ships in harbor. Offshore, ordnance explodes in water. Okinawan civilians and children. Marines near Okinawan house. Okinawan women pound something with large mallets. National Archives description: "This film shows landing craft on the beach and anchored off shore. The film also shows native Okinawans as they carried out a variety of activities." National Archives Identifier: 2509579

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, United States. Navy, Okanogan (Attack transport : APA-220), World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Okanogan (APA-220), World War, 1939-1945, USS Okanogan, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island, United States. Marine Corps, World War II, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, Landing Craft -- United States, USS LST-1000, WWII In Color

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