U.S. Navy nurses in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. The nurses disembark from a ship. They wave and get onto a boat. They get off the boat at a pier. GIs welcome the nurses. The nurses arrive in Guadalcanal to take up their hospital duties. A nurse standing beside a tree poses for a camera.
Allied troops in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Columns of American soldiers and natives climb hill in a jungle of Guadalcanal. Jeeps and trucks move through mud. Swampy pool with all types of insects flitting about. Soldier in jungle shaves, uses helmet as wash bowl. A soldier is treated for an arm wound by a medic. Soldier speaks over a walkie-talkie.
U.S. troops practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal,Solomon Islands and Naumea, New Caledonia during World War II. Landing crafts loaded with U.S. troops head for beach during pre-invasion practice. U.S. troops of 25th Infantry Division, 161st Regimental Combat Team come down cargo nets and load aboard LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). LCVPs arrive at Guadalcanal beach and U.S. troops disembark. Soldiers march inland. Soldier digs foxhole. Tank moving on road. Soldiers carry stretchers. Troops disembark from LCVPs. Half track and troops unload from LCVP.
An island as seen from a U.S. Air Force plane in Guadalcanal, during World War II. Interiors of cockpit a B-17 bomber flying over islands of Guadalcanal. Pilots operate control levers. A bombardier aims and fires at enemy positions with a 50 caliber machine gun from the plane.
U.S. Air Force runway strips and airfields at islands of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. A new runway strip at Carney airfield being constructed for U.S. Air Force fighter aircrafts nearby the sea shore of the island. Landing strip between dense forests with coastal trees. equipment and trees cut down for the runway. Another landing strip with few planes parked and houses near side the strip.
U.S. Air Force runway strips and air fields at islands of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. A new runway strip at Henderson airfield being constructed for U.S. Air Force fighter aircrafts nearby the sea shore of the island. An operator operates an earthmover and cleans the area for landing strip. U.S. airmen near earthmover watch the process.
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