Mopping Up Operations on Okinawa - Loudspeakers

Mopping Up Operations on Okinawa - Loudspeakers 17Jun45 32nd Inf. Regt, 7th Div. Japanese-American soldier speaking into microphone over loudspeakers to locals. Civilians climb steep path up hillside. Loudspeakers put in different direction calling out civilians who have been in hiding - coastline. Natives including women some carrying babies climb up mountain path. 16:19:36 US soldier speaking over mic at entrance to caves - LS rocky coastline / beach. More shots civilians climbing rocky footpath. Captured Japanese soldier. Smoke as Japanese sniper fires on American troops. US soldiers return fire - grenade thrown. 16:22:49 Japanese civilians questioned. Jap POWs seated on grass; GIs conduct search, make notes. More loudspeaker shots. Shots of tanks seen through viewing slit of another tank. Pacific War. WWII. Geneva Convention.