Marines smoke out a sniper; Okinawa, April 1945.

End of a sniper

The first Marine casualty laying on a stretcher on the beach in Okinawa. In the background an LVT Amtrac can be seen.
   The LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) is an amphibious landing craft.
Originally intended solely as cargo carriers for ship to shore operations, they evolved into assault troop and fire support vehicles. They were known as amphtrack, "Amtrac", "amtrack", "alligator" etc.     _

Wounded Marine on Okinawa

An M5A1 Stuart tank of Company A, 4th Tank Battalion of U.S. Marines in support of Marine infantry, on the island of  Roi-Namur, in the north part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, South Pacific; February 1, 1944. 