View from above of sailors pouring water below decks. Men hauling fire hoses onto the flight deck to bring ocean water up for firefighting. A Kamikaze crashes close to another Essex-class carrier, exploding at her waterline. Firefighters hosing down the deck with foam. A welder using cutting torch to clear jagged pieces of metal. Closeup of sailors cutting holes in her flight deck to allow firefighting hoses to reach fire below. Bow view from nearby ship of heavy smoke billowing from the carrier. Views of sailors on her flight deck fighting fire. Aircraft carrier gunners firing at a low flying Kamikaze plane that passes the USS Alaska (CB-1) in the foreground and strikes an Essex-class U.S. A Japanese Kamikaze aircraft (Kawasaki Ki-61) hit and diving straight down into the water where it explodes raising a large cloud of smoke and water. Sky filled with black flak clouds and tracer bullets. Navy gunners firing twin Bofors anti aircraft guns. It explodes into flaming pieces that fall into the ocean close to the ship. View from a ship's deck of sky filled with tracer rounds the strike a Kamikaze airplane. A Kamikaze plane speeding across the water at low altitude. View from island of an aircraft carrier, as all the anti-aircraft guns along the side her flight deck fire continuously raising lots of smoke from the gunfire. View from ship in Navy Task Force 58, as its gunners shoot down a Kamikaze that crashes into the sea. Suddenly Japanese Kamikaze aircraft begin attacking. Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) numbers 606, 30, and 559 are parked at the shore, delivering vehicles to Okinawa. Vehicles driving from ships to the shore from a Landing Ship Dock (LSD). A huge crane installed on a vessel behind LST 633 on the Okinawa waterfront. An Army truck drives down the ramp of a Landing Ship Tank. Landing ships delivering supplies and equipment directly to the shore. Resupply operations are seen with landing craft shuttling between transport ships. Opening scene shows Landing Ship Tank USS LST 1006, with her front doors open after delivering her cargo at shore of Okinawa, during World War 2.
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