WWII - 1945, Okinawa: Occupation Government & Refugee Camp. 19-20Apr45

WWII - 1945, Okinawa: Occupation Government & Refugee Camp. 19-20Apr45 19Apr45 Okinawan women & children on road carrying bundles of belongings on head & poles. Refugees arrive & sit by tents. 18:47:10 Horse cart pulls in w/ cart & sacks of grain unloaded & fed into machine (grinder?). GIs watch. 18:48:12 18Apr45 GI talks to small group of men; they take hats off & bow to him. 18:49:19 Old women grind & sift grain by hand outdoors. 18:50:06 Cart on road w/ two 55 gal drums of ?? Refugees on road carry bundles; arrive at camp reception center (sign). Others along road. GOOD. 18:52:18 Women wash laundry in river underneath large concrete bridge; laundry washing at other spot in river or canal. 18:53:16 Hoeing in garden field, LS & MSs. 18:53:29 Drawing water from well w/ can, pour into bucket. LS women grinding & sifting outside hut. 18:54:08 20Apr45 New refugees arrive by truck - another truck w/ goats.- queuing up to register. 18:54:32 men carry poles along road for camp construction. MCU old man talking; walking towards camera w/ walking stick. Woman w/ laundry on pole. WW2 Occupation; Pacific; Ryukus; Ryukyus; 1945;