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Bomb Disposal On Okinawa, 06/15/1945
About this film
Naval Photographic Center film # 14046. National Archives description "1) MS Marine digs unexploded shell from under Japanese building, carrys shell out of scene. 2) MS Marine inspects Japanese suicide boat broached on beach. 3) MS Bomb disposal men inspect Japanese aerial bombs-SV. 4) LS-MS Jeep with trailer drives across open stretch on Okinawa, bomb disposal men lead unexploded shells into trailer, explosions BG on horizon. 5) MS-CU Marine picks up Japanese improvised wooden land mine, detonating device is removed. 6) MS Doctor tends wounds of small naked Japanese child; places bandage around his middle. 7) MS Japanese torpedo dolly is pulled from reenforced cave in storage area, large torpedo lies at entrance to cave. QUALITY: GENERALLY GOOD." National Archives Identifier: 79673 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :)
Directors & creators
United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island, United States. Marine Corps, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, Mines (Military Explosives) -- Detection
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