US Army troops capture Aka, Hokachi, and Tokashiki islands in the Kerama Island group just west of Okinawa in this footage from March 26, 1945. Eight of the islands in the Keramas, located approximately 17 miles from Okinawa were captured prior to the April 1st landings on its west coast by the US 10th Army.

Public domain footage from Combat Bulletin No. 50 produced by the US Army Signal Corps' Army Pictorial Service.

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