KIN MOP-UP ON THE EAST COAST OF OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4753 111 SOURCE: AFCF (40-POA-3) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 859' ea Silent 4753 KIN MOP-UP ON THE EAST COAST OF OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS 6 June 1945 MLSs, tired infantrymen of the US 27th Div walking on muddy road. CUs, soldiers' feet sloshing thru the mud. MLSs, Army officer speaks over portable phone on side of road as men stand about in bg. MSs, soldiers searching entrances of native huts; gathering in Japanese civilians of the village. LS, soldiers carrying Japanese rations out of houses. MSs, soldier puts carton of Chesterfield cigarettes found in hut on top of Japanese rations. MLSs, wome n and children rounded up by US soldiers assembled in front of house. LS, white phosphorous bomb explodes in wooded area. MCU, soldiers using flame throwers at entrance to cave. Record Group 111

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities