Reel Number: 221029-03
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1945
Country: Pacific Islands
Location: Iheya Auni near Okinawa RYUKyU ISLANDS
TC Begins: 02:14:12
TC Ends: 02:16:43
Duration: 00:02:31
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Ryukyus Made Springboard for Invasion Landing on beaches of Ryukyu Islands - Marines advance. Japanese surrender. Civilians surrender and are given cigarettes and gifts by Americans. PoWs - Japanese flag in tatters. 02:15:13 Flame-throwers used on foxholes in Okinawa. Dead Japanese. Shaking little girl - shell-shocked. Japanese prisoners of war into stockade. 02:16:18 US flag raised - General Stilwell present. Troops pose w/ flag. WWII. Pacific War.