U.S. marines departing Guadalcanal as they are relieved by U.S. Army troops of the 23rd Infantry Division. They board landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP), aka Higgins boats, of the USS Neville (AP-16). Two of the marines scrambles aboard one of the boats as its ramp is almost closed. View of marines packed aboard the LCVP as it gets underway. Two transport ships are anchored in the background. The most distant one is the USS Neville (AP-16). Scene shifts to beach crowded with departing marines and Higgins boats. Closeup of a marine holding a cigarette while eating a sandwich, and another with a bandage on his forehead. Numerous views of the beach crowded with marine; palm trees overhead; higgins boats departing to the USS Neville, and two transport ships anchored in the background. Closeups of marines on shore waiting for more Higgins boats to transport them. Scene changes to U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General William Rupertus, Assistant Commander, 1st Marine Division; U.S. Army Major General Alexander Patch, Commander, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal Division) and U.S. Army Brigadier General Edmund Sebree, his Assistant Commander, posing for the camera as they ostensibly discuss a map. They shake hands with each other. General Sebree exchanges salutes with General Rupertus, and they all walk away. Next, the three generals pose for closeups. Film ends showing columns of marines moving along the sides of a road cut through a forest of palm trees.
U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonels in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Two U.S. officers sit and talk at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. Two Marines clean grease from fuselage of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) SBD Dauntless dive bomber parked on Henderson Field. USAAF PBY Catalina flying boat parked. USMC (United States Marine Corps) Lt. Col. (Lieutenant Colonel) Cooley and Lt. Col. Moret stand, sandbags in the background. American flag flies above headquarters.
U.S. Marine Corps officers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. USMC (United States Marine Corps) Lieutenant General Louis E. Woods, USMC Brigadier General L.H.M. Sanderson, USMC General Christian Frank Schilt study map and talk together outside command headquarters. Officer walks along a jungle road. EM (Enlisted Man) walks toward shack in the background. Officer converse outside command headquarters.
Loose formation of U.S. Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers in flight during battle of Midway, in World war 2. View from backseat of one passing, ahead of a U.S. Yorktown class aircraft carrier. Formation of SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers in flight and closeup of one with pilot and rear gunner clearly seen. View of U.S. aircraft carrier underway below. View from aircraft carrier of SBD-3 flying low to port. Aircraft closely packed on deck of the USS Hornet (CV-8). A Grumman F4F, Wildcat, of Navy Fighter Squadron, VF-8, takes off from Hornet, followed by 2 Douglas Dauntless SBD dive bombers. Gun crews aboard the carrier fire 20 mm, 1.1 inch, and 5 inch guns at Japanese aircraft. Flak bursts in sky. Japanese planes are hit and fall into the sea.
A formation of Douglas SBD-3 aircraft is seen flying overhead. Pilots of U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron (VF-3) on their Aircraft Carrier, the USS Yorktown (CV-5), after a mission during the Battle of Midway. They are seen climbing out of their aircraft after parking on the flight deck. The Squadron Commander, Lieutenant Commander John S. Thatch, in cockpit of his F4F aircraft with 7 Japanese flags painted on its fuselage. in out of sequence, earlier shot, he holds up four fingers in response to question of how many Japanese aircraft fell to VF-3, on this mission. Other VF-3 pilots climbing from their aircraft. Three pose in front of an F4F.
Survivors of crashed and ditched U.S. planes are rescued on Midway Island after Battle of Midway during World War 2. U.S. Army personnel on Midway Island after securing the same. Damaged buildings and pieces of Japanese planes on island. Gooney birds roam the island. U.S. PBY Catalina flying boat in flight. Crews of crashed U.S. planes leaving PBYs after being rescued. Some are carried on stretchers and placed in an ambulances. Ambulance is driven away (with door still open). A ditched U.S. airplane afloat and a ship nearby. Remains of destroyed hospital.
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