Allied troops aboard a ship on their way to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea during World War II. US soldiers on the deck of a ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. A soldier with a pet parrot. Soldiers play chess on the deck of the ship. Soldiers and equipment on the top deck of an LST (Landing Ship Tank). The crow's nest of the LST. The soldiers man anti aircraft guns on the top deck. Two soldiers silhouetted on the deck. A convoy of ships underway at sea. Explosions occur on a beach of Manus Island. Landing crafts underway towards the beach. A destroyer moves into a channel at Manus Island. Equipment and troops being unloaded from ships at the beach.