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keywords: wwii, pacific theater, okinawa, operation iceberg, call to surrender, japanese speaking interpreters, japanese pows
Synopsis: Unedited footage of WWII Okinawa with Japanese forces on their last legs which forced many civilians and soldiers alike into cave networks refusing to surrender. To solve this situation Operation Iceberg is launched where Japanese speaking interpreters of the U.S. 32nd Infantry Regiments begin to use loud speakers to counter the propaganda that the Japanese received concerning American treatment with some success persuading those to come out and surrender...(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:09:54
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Okinawa
Okinawa: Operation Iceberg - Call To Surrender
June 17, 1945 unedited footage of the final days of the Battle of Okinawa, codename “Operation Iceberg”. Japanese speaking interpreters of the U.S. 32nd Infantry Regiment use loud speakers to persuade civilians and Japanese soldiers to come out of the caves where they had sought refuge.
Note: By mid-May 1945 the Japanese 32nd Army and civilians were retreating to their final line of defense on Mabuni Hill on the southern tip of Okinawa where the final battle for Okinawa ended on June 23, 1945.
Shot List:
00:00:17;22
Various scenes of U.S. soldiers on the high cliffs of Mabuni Hill using loud speakers to broadcast messages to the Okinawan civilians and Japanese soldiers in the seaside caves. LS, line of thirsty and starving civilians making their way up a narrow, step path. CU of woman with a baby on her back followed by a young boys as they reach the top of the cliff. CU of Okinawan man speaking into microphone
00:03:45;06
CU, soldier of the 32nd Regiment speaking into microphone
00:06:34;06
U.S. soldier gathering information and filling out a POW form, CU of note pad and POW tag
00:09:44;17
CU, U.S. tank with loudspeaker attached to front
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