Marines with Okinawans - Marines Burning Huts, 1944 - Color

Marines with Okinawans - Marines Burning Huts - Color Apr44 Marines & Okinawan civilians including children sitting on beach. Marine & old man chat; do little magic tricks. Civilian searched. Refugee group moving away. 08:48:38 LS Men working in field. Smoke rising in distance. 08:48:49 MS Huts burning to cinders - big flames - napalm? Jeep past. Flaming & collapsing structures. Troops on road w/ clouds of smoke over jungle. 08:50:00 MS shot Marines setting fire to a hut & walking off w/ blaze in bg. GOOD. 08:50:23 Marine w/ field telephone; trops walking past. More excellent shots setting fire to huts. 08:50:54 Throwing grenade into cave; smoke coming out of hole. Smoke over forest. Troops advance warily. Troops crawling up hillside. 08:52:11 Civilians, women & children come out of cave. 08:52:30 Planes land on airstrip at Yontan airfield. 08:53:39 Troops lead Okinawan civilians - refugees carrying gunny sacks on heads. 08:54:17 Wounded US troops evacuated on plane. WW2; WWII; Pacific Fighting; 1944;