The U.S. task force advances in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A tanker burns in the Ulithi harbor. Black smoke pouring up from the ship. Other ships surround the area. The tanker burns. A Destroyer drops ash cans (depth charges). Explosions going off behind another ship.
Three crew members stand on deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier, anchored off Ulithi Atoll during World War 2. One holds an anemometer, with its buckets spinning. A TBF avenger aircraft on deck ready to be catapulted. It launches and is seen flying away above a variety of naval vessels at anchor. View from an aircraft flying fast and low, past Ulithi Atoll. A TBF avenger landing on the Ulithi airstrip. (Note: At TC 00:28 through 00:36, the Destroyer Tender, USS Prairie AD15, is seen with several destroyers tied to it. She rescued survivors from the sinking of the Oiler, USS Mississinewa, AO-59, by a Japanese Kaiten suicide submarine, on November 20, 1944.)
A quad 50 (4-50 caliber machine guns) mounted on a U.S. Army vehicle at the shore at Ulithi Atoll, during World War 2. A C-47 (Navy R4D) parked on airstrip with Seabees at work with trucks in background. A PBY Catalina amphibian plane being serviced. An F6F parked on sand in makeshift revetment. Another one coming in for a landing. The landing F6F on ground roll as a steam roller passes in foreground. Navy F6F aircraft arriving, from aircraft carriers, and being parked. Numerous Navy aircraft, including SB2C Helldivers and F6F Hellcats, parked with wings folded on the airstrip, while construction work continues. Men recover items from a crashed F6F, as smoke rises in background. They work to prevent fire around the crashed plane. Hoses are stretched around the plane and one man holds a pressure nozzle.
During World War 2, three pilots of Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) stand in front of Billboard displaying their squadron symbol of a red devil with spear and cape. It also displays silhouettes of Japanese ships they had struck. View of the newly constructed airstrip at Ulithi, as an F6F aircraft takes off. It is followed, in turn, by a C-47 (R4D),a PBY, and another F6F. Aerial view of Ulithi and the new broad runway running across the atoll.
The Battle of Okinawa in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A group of U.S. Marines at a command post looks at a chart of a combat area. A Marine looking through a binocular. Another Marine stands holding the binocular and other stand behind him. U.S. Marines in a foxhole. A Marine in a partial foxhole with a mortar. The Marines in a trench look out over an open valley with binoculars. Smoke columns rise in a distance due to mortar fire. Marine communications squad lays telephone wires toward advance position. The Marines laying the wires. A group of Marines seated discuss and one of them puts on a mask. The Marine advance. A Marine carries mortar parts on his shoulders. A USMC (United States Marine Corps) sniper with a telescopic lens on a rifle shoots across the valley. The Mortar Squad firing. Phosphorous smoke shells hit the ground in the open valley and lay a smoke screen. A Marine speaks over a telephone and another smokes a cigar.
The Battle of Okinawa in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. U.S. Marine command post men lying flat on the ground. The Marines advance across an open field. A Marine advancing in the open field. Three Marines at a command post near the top of a ridge. A tank advancing in the background.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.