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General Twining congratulates pilots of the 339th Fighter Squadron, on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during WWII

Major General Nathan F. Twining, Commanding General, 13th Air Force. arrives to congratulate fighter Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Forces, at Henderson Field, on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. (The 339th had successfully accomplished a highest priority mission, shooting down Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's airplane on April 18, 1943.) Major General Twining, wearing a pith helmet, steps out of his jeep and walks towards a group of 339th Squadron Pilots. He examines the nose wheel of a P-38, as a group of pilots stand around him. General Twining converses for a while with Major John W. Mitchell, Commander, 339th Fighter Squadron, who led the mission to down Admiral Yamamoto's airplane. Later, members of the 339th Squadron are photographed in conversations with one another.

Date: 1944, April 6
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036187
General Twining congratulates Pilots of U.S. Air Force who shot Japanese planes, in Guadalcanal Solomon Islands during WWII.

General Twining arrives to congratulate fighter Pilots of the U.S. Air Force, in Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. General Nathan Twining steps out of his jeep and walks towards a group of Air Force Pilots. He congratulates Captain John Mitchell and then speaks to Pilots of the 339th Fighter Squadron. General Twining and other Pilots stand in front of a P-38 fighter airplane and talk. Pilots who shot three Zero Fighters and three bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) over Ki hill Airfield near Munda Point. The three Pilots, Captain Thomas Lamphier, Jr.,, Lieutenant Busby Frank Holmes and Lieutenant Alex E Barber pose for a photograph. (These three would later participate in U.S. Operation Vengeance, on April 16, 1943, in which they engage a group of Japanese aircraft, including one carrying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the Pearl Harbor attack. He would perish when they down the Mitsubishi G4M bomber carrying him.) Pilots leaving in a jeep. A Pilot stands on the wing of P-38 fighter, besides its canopy.

Date: 1944, April 6
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036188
U.S. 13th Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress bomb Japanese airfield on Munda Point, New Georgia during World War II.

A film titled 'Air Aspects of the Campaign against Munda' based on USAAF (United States Army Air Force) activities on New Georgia group of Islands, Solomon Islands during World War II. USAAF P-38 Lightning in flight over the Solomon Islands. An animated map highlights Munda Point in New Georgia. A USAAF officer takes a look at aerial reconnaissance photographs. The officer talks over a phone at his desk. An animated map highlights Vila in Kolombangara. An animated map connects Vila and Munda Point with Henderson Airfield on Guadalcanal. U.S. 13th Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress bombers take off from an airfield and bomb Japanese airfield at Munda Point.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060492
Seabees work to control malaria in the Solomon Islands during World War II.

Activities of the U.S. Navy Seabees in the Solomon Islands during World War II. A jeep struggles through flooded muddy area in Solomon islands. Palm trees all around. A quonset hut in flooded waters. A man wades through thick mud over what had been a U.S. constructed road. A man suffering from malaria is examined. Malaria patients are cared for. A formal ceremony to honor U.S. troops who died from malaria. A soldier salutes and honor guard with rifles stands at attention. Following instructions from the Medical Command, Seabees commence battle against anopheles mosquitoes (blowup of one is shown). Seabees spray with various equipment and install water filtering systems. Scenes show success of the anti-mosquito measures. Numerous explosions are seen as Seabees use explosives to clear jungle for construction. A Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft takes off (machine gun in rear cockpit).Seabees bulldoze Palm trees to clear jungle and build numerous quonset huts to house U.S. forces.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044971
Warship guns firing during World War II at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

Aerial views of U.S. Marine ships in sea at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Aerial views of Solomon islands. Warship guns firing. Antiaircraft guns firing. Tracers in sky.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034878
Alexander Vandegrift and Clayton Vogel drive in a jeep and a Japanese sunken ship off the coast of the Solomon Islands.

Japanese ships smashed in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II . Henderson Airfield at Gaudacanal. A U.S. aircraft in flight. A new runway built by U.S. soldiers. U.S. Marine Corps Major General Alexander Vandegrift at the airfield with other officers. A burning and sunken Japanese ship at the Solomon Islands. A pilot in the cockpit of a U.S. aircraft in flight. Vandegrift and U.S. Marine Corps Major General Clayton Vogel get in a jeep and move towards a jungle. Japanese troops in jeeps cross a bridge and enter a canal. Japanese infantry men walk on a dirt road. The marines bring supplies on amphibious tanks. A U.S. ship set on fire off the shore. Smoke rises due to the fire. The marines unload supplies from the ship.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069146