Military vehicles and aircraft on the runway of an airfield shortly after the end of World War II. United States Army Air Force personnel walk around the vehicles. View of 45th AAF Combat Record board and a machine gun in front of it. Tents are seen behind the board on the beach. Ships are seen sailing off the coast from afar. A man walks towards a jeep. Camera pans showing an airfield. Some tents and vehicles are seen from a distance. Men crowd near a Red Cross truck. Some men are sitting on the ground. M3 half-tracks and trucks are parked near a tent. Bulldozers on the move at a construction site. A crane is seen operating near a mound. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress flying as seen from the ground.
Crowds gather to watch a horse race in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Jockeys riding horses in track. The horse race starts. Spectators cheer as they watch the horse race. Sailors, servicemen and Dominican civilian men watch the horse race from front row. President of the Dominican Republic Rafael Trujillo and Mrs. Jeannette Johnston “Johnnie” Andrews, widow of Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews, watch the horse race together. The flag of the Dominican Republic hangs behind President Trujillo. Flags of the Dominican Republic hang on top of a building.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (Tail Number: 46-9770) in flight during World War II. The aircraft slightly tilts as it turns during flight. United States Army Air Force insignia or roundel is seen on the wings and body. The camera shows a closer side view of the wings, engines, propeller, nose, and gun turrets located above and below the fuselage. Clouds obscure the flying bomber. Full side view of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight. Close view of the upper portion of the aircraft showing the body, wings, and upper front gun turret. View of the B-29 Superfortress belly with wings, engines, bomb bays and modification that appears to be a radome or alternately sized bay door.
A United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (Tail Number: 46-9770) flying during World War II. Camera shows the right-side view of the belly or fuselage of the B-29 Superfortress bomber. The camera focuses on the B-29 bomber radome of an AN/APQ-13 radar near the bomb bays. Clouds obscure the view of the B-29 Superfortress as it descends altitude. View of the upper front gun turret, engines, and cockpit nose. A crewman is seen briefly looking out from a window. Camera turns to show the belly of the aircraft, showing the United States Army Air Force insignia or roundel on the wings, and fly further away.
Animated map showing Red and Blue beachheads- the parts of Angaur now taken by the United States 81st Infantry Division during the first few days of the Battle of Angaur in World War II. An 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” soldier hurls grenade into Japanese foxhole. The grenade explodes. A soldier runs. Explosion breaks tree in half. Bulldozer clears debris and trees as the United States forces move inland. Animated map shows Shrine Hill’s position. Soldiers stand near tank. Demolition team puts charge into Japanese foxhole barricaded with coconut logs. They run before charge explodes. . Soldiers inspect blasted foxhole. They use flamethrowers to burn the foxhole. Charred remains of a dead Japanese soldier lying face down. Dead Japanese soldiers lying among debris. United States soldiers walk under the Torii gate at Shrine Hill. Jeeps and other military vehicles are parked near the Torii. Map shows Saipan Town. Soldiers advance among the destroyed houses and debris in Saipan Town. Soldier throws grenade in front of a house. Grenade explosion throws billows of smoke up in the air. Flamethrower burns bushes and trees. Soldiers walk past a burning house. Map arrow points to the location of the phosphate plant in Angaur. Close view showing the damage to a phosphate plant on Angaur Island. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lay on the ground near train tracks at phosphate plant. A dead Japanese soldier with his eyes and mouth open. M4 Sherman tank enters Saipan Town. A soldier holding a handgun looks for Japanese soldiers inside a hole in a wall. United States troops enter Saipan Town. Japanese positions at the end of the 3rd day of the Battle of Angaur are seen on map.
Aerial view of Peleliu Island during the Battle of Angaur in World War II. Map pointing to the location of Suicide Hill on Angaur Island. 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” troops moving up a narrow gauge railway leading away from phosphate works into a narrow gorge called “Bloody Gulch”. Smoke from Japanese artillery is seen above the gorge. United States infantry soldiers advance along with tanks through Bloody Gulch. Tank operator talking through a radio microphone. Dramatized audio simulates tank communications while in Bloody Gulch. Infantry soldiers trail behind tanks. A tank is hit by Japanese artillery. Soldier runs past moving tanks. Wounded soldiers crawl and lay down in Bloody Gulch. Medics remove a casualty, running to avoid snipers. Infantry troops taking cover. Soldiers assemble a satchel charge. Soldiers run as explosion in front of tanks to clear the gulch. The second battalion resumes their advance. The second battalion splits up to start an encircling maneuver. Soldiers climbs while wearing flame thrower on his back. Machine gun fire towards Suicide Hill.
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