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WWII - 1945, Okinawa: Operation Iceberg, L Day Landing Craft. 31Mar-01Apr45

Reel Number: 250087-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1945

Country: Japan,USA

Location: Okinawa,RYUKU ISLANDS

TC Begins: 04:27:59

TC Ends: 04:35:26

Duration: 00:07:27

WWII - 1945, Okinawa: Operation Iceberg, L Day Landing Craft. 31Mar-01Apr45 Slate: 01Apr45 2 officers on ?? armored bridge w/ binocular & telescope. Gun firing & cruiser & LST in distance, landing craft to shore, distant smoke on shore. 04:28:52 Slate: 31Mar45 Men on bridge, landing craft circling for landing below. GOOD. 04:29:58 Medium sized landing craft w/ many troops & equipment close to shore. DUKW & other craft onto beach, from water. Columns of landing craft toward shore. 04:31:45 HA Officers including 2-star General aboard large landing craft talking, looking at paperwork. 04:32:08 Slate 01Apr45. View to landing craft & equipment to shore; on wide beach. LST from water unloading (brief); troops wding ashore, LCIs, DUKWs, LCP, LVT moving off beach. 04:34:08 LST w/ doors open, dropping ramp. \04:34:20 Slate: same. Overhead of small landing craft towards shore; row of LSTs against beach from water, smoke rising in background. WW2 Operation Iceberg; Naval Operation; Navy Ships; NOTE: Good footage of various ships & landing in MLS.

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