Pacific campaign of World War 2 fought on Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War II. Aslito Air Field area showing temporary huts erected by the 804th Aviation Engineers. Men washing clothes in small metal containers. Jeep made into stretcher bearer showing two patients on stretchers on jeep. Medical officers setting up tables and preparing for operation. Men being brought into the hospital. Several of the patients, military and civilian, foreign and Japanese all treated at the same hospital. Wounded Japanese sitting around the outside of the hospital. Small wounded child wrapped in bandages. Several civilians that had been treated at the hospital. Japanese prisoners as they unload the gasoline from trucks, push it across the area, and stack it up in supply dump area. Men pushing the drums of gas onto a truck. Gasoline pouring out of the drum into a trough. Japanese prisoners of war sitting around in the area resting. Grader moving across the finished field. Deck of carrier underway at sea off the coast of Saipan showing the blinker system used to correspond between ships at sea. Tower and operators of the blinker system.
Pacific campaign of World War II in Mariana Islands. Major John Hussey, Commanding Officer of the Army Air Force 73rd Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group briefs his pilots before take off from the Escort Carrier, USS Manila Bay (CVE-61), for their flight to Aslito Field (Isley Field) Saipan. Pilots standing or in kneeling position grouped around the Major as he conducts briefing. Two mechanics as they haul a belly tank out and attach it to the underside of P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft. Naval and Air Force men prepare the planes for take off. Pilots grouped around, talking and smiling. Lt. Joseph J. DeVona stands on wing of his P47D # 31 "Empire Express" while maintenance personnel work on ammunition located in wing. Signal operator for the carrier signaling a P-47 to pull out in position for catapulting. Navy starter gives signal to the pilot for take off. P-47 is moved up into position on catapult, catapult attached to underside of P-47, and plane is readied for catapulting. Navy personnel as they give the various hand signals concerning the movement of plane to fit it into the right position for take off from carrier. Starter as he signals to the pilot and plane is catapulted from the carrier. Lt. Alford Babcock is seen in the cockpit of his P-47 named: "My Baby" as it is catapulted from the carrier. Several other P-47s are seen being catapulted from the Manila Bay. Several flights of P-47s are seen and a large formation of 12 P-47s in flight over water.
The Pacific Campaign of World War II on the Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Captured Japanese planes are inspected by newly arrived U.S. pilots. Pilots as they go out and start looking at various types of Japanese aircraft which were left on the Aslito airfield of which the Japanese troops were unable to destroy before retreating into the hills. Destroyed Japanese Zeros on ground at the airfield. Remainder of the 318th Fighter Group personnel arrive in freighters. Various freighters moving into the harbor area. Men walking down the gateway into water and marching across the water to shore getting out of LST (Landing Ship, Tank).
U.S. personnel during the Pacific Campaign on the Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War II. Men digging temporary shelters and fox holes along the Aslito airfield, Saipan Island. Mail clerk serving mail. One of the men reading letter. Man erecting a shelter. One of the men looking at a large painting of a girl on trailer.
U.S. personnel during the Pacific Campaign on the Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War 2. Interiors of damaged steel frame hangar building showing the men as they set up beds with mosquito netting over them inside the building for temporary shelter. Men taking showers in improvised wash rooms. Men cleaning up their living area. U.S. troops looking at dead Japanese sniper.
Activities of 8th Fighter Air Force Command in Europe during World War II. U.S Army Air Corps P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft take off from an air base in East Anglia, England. P-51D number 44-13959 named “Proboscis" of 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, is seen closeup in flight . P-38 Lightning airplanes and P-51 Mustang aircraft strafe a German city. United States airmen relax and play billiards at a base camp. United States Army Air Force General James Harold Doolittle discusses war strategies at a headquarters. Officers discuss pointing at a map on a wall. An officer briefs pilots about a mission. The officer points at a large map on a wall and a blackboard.Pilot writes mission profile on back of his hand during briefing.
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