View from ship flying U.S. Navy church pennant above the American flag, during amphibious assault training in the Pacific. Several Marines injured during the exercises are given first aid and transported. A Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) pulls alongside ramp of a Landing Ship Tank (LST). Navy personnel standing on ramp. A litter patient smoking a cigarette, brought aboard a LCVP. Litter patients on the well deck of a LCVP. Soldier with face injury receives treatment.
U.S. Marine amphibious training activities in Pacific theater during Second World War. United States marines lying on the beach. Amphibious vehicles surrounded by marines on the beach. Assault force at anchor. Amphibious craft including Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVT), Landing Craft Tank (LCT) and Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) heading for the beach. Marines advance along a path with tropical vegetation alongside. LVTs loaded with marines, move in towards the beach. Marines on a LVT as it tows a vehicle in a muddy area.
Amphibious training in Pacific during Second World War. Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVT) in the water. Ships at anchor. LVTs underway towards the beach. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) convoy anchored off shore. A view of the beach area. Explosions on the beach. Amphibious vehicles with United States Marines approach the beach. A United States Navy Fletcher Class destroyer and a Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) off shore. LVTs, in column, heading for the beach. Hills in the background.
A U.S. Marine and Chaplain stand on the loading ramp of a Landing Ship Tank (LST). Surf breaking over the ramp as the Marine is baptized by the chaplain. Destroyer Escort Silhouetted on the horizon. Variety of Navy vessels comprising an amphibious task force, anchored offshore.
Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. The Battle of the Mediterranean at Malta: Smoke from burning buildings. Explosion due to bombardment. British soldiers look through binoculars, confirm target, take aim and fire antiaircraft guns at Nazi planes in flight. Nazi aircraft drop bombs. Japan: Japanese Emperor Hirohito reviews Japanese troops. Japanese troops, tanks, artillery and cavalry parade. Japanese bombers strike Pearl Harbor on 7 June 1941. Civilians run for cover. Burning US warships. Debris removed from the Harbor. US troops mobilize for the War. Australia: US Army General Douglas MacArthur arrives to take command of the Pacific Theater. New Guinea: The jungle campaign. US troops advance over rough terrain. Natives run for cover as huts burn down. Australian and US soldiers in combat. Smoke due to fire on a hill. Soldiers help wounded comrades through the New Guinea mud. Natives carry war equipment.
Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. The Battle of Midway, June 1942: A fleet of US warships underway off the Midway Island. US aircraft bomb the Island. A Japanese ship is hit. The ship on fire. Black smoke rises from the wreckage. US soldiers fire deck guns at Japanese aircraft. Pacific Theater: US Army Air Force C-47 Skytrains or Dakotas in flight over the battlefield. Allied parachute troops and supplies dropped from the aircraft in New Guinea. Parachute troops descend towards the ground. Allied aircraft carriers underway. US aircraft on a carrier deck. Airmen prepare the aircraft for take off. The aircraft taxi and take off. US B-24 Liberators drop bombs. Explosions as deck guns are fired. Explosions near a ship in the water. A US carrier under kamikaze attack by a Japanese aircraft. The hit aircraft descends towards the ship and into the water.