U.S. air raid on Burma during World War II. Guided flying bombs are fired against the Japanese targets in Burma. U.S. aircraft in flight. Bombs are dropped on the target. The target area explode.
Three large reproductions of the Medal of Honor. The real medals. Signs underneath indicates branch of service. The signs read: 'Medal of Honor United States Army', 'Medal of Honor United States Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard' and 'Medal of Honor United States Air Force'.
USS Balao underway in the Pacific Ocean. Bow of the submarine. United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress airplane flying overhead. Rescue of a flier. The flier aboard a life raft arrives near the submarine. He is taken aboard the submarine. He meets and discusses with the crew.
Low altitude aerial views from an aircraft circling the Dutch submarine, O 19, stranded on Ladd Reef, in the South China Sea, with bow raised high above water and stern submerged. Note: According to Klaas van der Veen,of the Netherlands, whose father was second in command on the O 19, the boat went aground while on the way to Subic Bay, Phillipines, on July 8, 1945 (July 7th East of the International Date Line). After three days trying to free the O 19 using full reverse power at high tide, blowing air, firing torpedoes, and jettisoning ballast, the crew was rescued by the U.S. submarine, USS Cod, which torpedoed the O 19, after all critical equipment had been removed.
A mine floating in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. The mine being fired upon by rifle from a U.S. Navy submarine (unseen). Mine explodes when hit by rifle fire. Large column of smoke and water going into air.
Remains of Japanese Yugumo class destroyer, Okinami, sunk during a U.S. air raid in World War 2 . Views from boat circumnavigating the wreck which sits in shallow water in Coron Bay, Philippines. Names of Japanese gun crew visible on No. 1 Turret. Derricks and ships at port are seen in background.
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