Film titled, 'Return to Guam'. Map shows location of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese installations on the island are shelled by American destroyer (DD). Light flashes are noticed on a peak of a nearby hill on the island. Sailors aboard the DD look through binoculars. A reply signal is sent form the DD. Sailors board a boat and head cautiously toward the island. A white man swims toward the boat. He is taken aboard. The rescued man was found to be a radioman of the United States Navy (USN), named George Tweed who was hiding on the island for the past 31 months. George Tweed eats food with the Destroyer crew after being rescued. Destroyers underway in the Pacific. View of the American naval fleet underway in the Pacific. View of cannons and crew aboard an allied vessel. Crewmen pile up heavy 14inch shells and 40mm ammunition on the deck of the warship. (World War II period).
Cleaning up operations by the U.S. Army in Agana, Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Aerial views of the town of Agana after U.S. Army Air Force bombardment. A Mass is conducted in a field as cleaning up operations continue. Smoke rises from shell explosions. U.S. Marines armed with guns advance cautiously. Wounded are carried behind the firing line by their comrades. Near the same United States Marine marker which stood during the Japanese attack two and a half years ago, the U.S. flag is raised over Guam.
United States Marines during Allied operations in Guam, Mariana Islands, World War II. Palm trees on the beach. Some of them uprooted. United States Marine Corps and dogs of the Canine Corps march inland in Guam. Marines in a tent. A sign outside a tent reads 'COFS'. Officers talk in the tent area. A sign reads 'CG'. Marines advance across a field. Marines near a Japanese coastal defense gun emplacement. Men in the emplacement. A Marine smokes a cigarette. Marines in the foreground as smoke rises in the background.
Invasion of Japanese held island of Guam, Mariana Islands by U.S. army during Pacific Campaign of World War II. Formations of U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers heading for Guam. U.S. task force including APs (Transports), LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank), AKs (Cargo Ships) in transport area. LCVPs (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) underway to beach. BB (Battleship) bombards beach. U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless dive bombers in flight.
United States Army 77th Infantry Division in Guam, Japan during the Guam Operations of World War II. A wounded Japanese woman speaks to a U.S. soldier. A soldier wearing a helmet stands at an intersection directing the traffic. A pole in the background with directional signs pointing towards Piti Navy Yard and Agana. Soldiers on an army jeep.
United States Army 77th Infantry Division in Guam, Japan during the Guam Operations of World War II. A convoy of M-4 Sherman tanks and jeeps passes through a forest area. Soldiers walk through bushes. The soldiers pass a burning hut.
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