LCI (G) IN ACTION OFF OKINAWA Part 2

Description

1) GV-Pan Many ships in harbor including BBs, CAs, aircraft repair ship, LSTs & AKs.2) MS-Pan Okinawa shoreline, tracer fire directed toward it.3) HS Looking forward on LCI.4) HS Men carry 5" shells aft along main deck, stack them on deck.5) HS Man clean rocket launching rack.6) HS Gunners mate greases 20mm ammunition.7) HS Gunners mate feeds 20mm shells into ammunition drum.8) HS 5" rockets located in rocket launching racks.9) LS Shore of Okinawa, smoke rises from bombardment, planes fly overhead, officers & men watch from deck of LCI FG.10) CU Officer uses mechanical speaker.11) CU Officers look through binocs toward Okinawa shoreline BG.12) HS Gunner at 20mm gun.13) CU Signalman signals semaphore, uses spyglass.14) CU LCI-642 passes, officers & men on deck FG.15) HS Looking forward on deck of LCI underway.16) HS Men unpack rockets from crates on deck, load them in rocket launching racks-SV.17) MS-Pan Okinawa shoreline, LCI-1077 lying to, close in shore.18) HS Looking forward as rockets are fired from port side of launching rack-SV.19) MS-CU Officers converse on bridge-SV.QUALITY: GENERALLY GOOD.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities