WWII - 1945, Okinawa: Okinawans Receive Food, Occupation of Islands

WWII - 1945, Okinawa: Okinawans Receive Food, Occupation of Islands 03Apr45? Food distribution to civilians, large wooden stave baskets of grain (?) to women in line by civilian native men. MCU women in line w/ money or scripts. CU Grain shoveled into boxes. Women leave w/ baskets of rations. 18:13:17 MS Oriental, Japanese (?), Ryukyu?, clerks at desk filling register & paperwork. 18:15:44 Good shot locals queuing for food beneath trees w/o foliage. US officers at table outdoors talking, smoking. Okinawans children on street behind. 18:16:46 GI gives instructions to small group of Okinawan peasants sitting in field, Okinawan interprets; they start working in field, digging potatoes (?). WW2 Occupation; Pacific; Ryukus; Ryukyus; Food; 1945;