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Japanese invasion of Aleutian Islands during World War II
Animated map shows Northern Pacific with line from Japan to the Aleutians and thence to the West coast of the United States. View zooms in on the Aleutian Islands. View, from Japanese transport ship, of several Japanese warships underway in Northern Pacific ocean during World War 2. Japanese Naval officer steering in the wheelhouse of the ship. A light cruiser and two more warships in a column. A company of Japanese marines receive instructions from an officer and board a landing craft.View of marines in landing craft, underway, with their rifles resting on the gunnels.
U.S. Navy Seabee Construction Battalions build a base at Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands during World War II.
Activities of the Seabees in the Aleutians, during World War II. Units of Seabees are ordered to the Aleutians. An animated map shows the Dutch Harbor. Ship carrying Seabees in a bay, with snow capped mountains in the background. The Seabee Battalions at the base construction site : Surveyers at work. Huge explosion demolishes a cliff. Steam shovels work on cliff face. Bulldozer creating a road. Concrete bucket being loaded. Seabees work on reinforced concrete wall, with frame of reinforcing bar visible. A huge yard filled with construction materials. Carpenters build a structure with lumber, using hand saw and hammer. View of the completed major U.S. Navy base. Seabees work to repair a damaged U.S. destroyer. The USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) seen at sea. Views of other ships in the region.
Crew of Japanese light cruiser battle weather and ice in Aleutian waters during World War II
Stern deck of Japanese light cruiser awash as she makes way in heavy seas near Aleutians during World War 2. Japanese sailors breaking ice from her deck. Deck life lines, anchor chain, and stanchions covered in ice. End of deck gun barrel enclosed with canvas cover. Mountainous snow-covered terrain nearby in background. Officers on bridge of the ship. Closeup of one using binoculars.
Japanese Imperial Navy warships in Aleutian waters in wintertime, during World War II
Japanese Imperial Navy ships encounter severe icing conditions in Aleutian waters during winter, World War 2. Thick layer of ice covering everything on the deck of a Japanese light cruiser. Sailors chop ice from a container on deck and shake ice loose from guy lines. Ice sculpted by wind and wave on the foredeck. Two forward turrets and their single 5.5 inch guns covered in ice. Looking from starboard, towards the stern, a Mitsubishi F1M2 (Pete) scout observation plane can be seen mounted on the ship. Another light cruiser seen well astern. More views of ice covering a ship and of sailors chopping it away.
Crew of Japanese light cruiser battles cold and ice in Aleutian waters during World War II
Japanese light cruiser makes way in heavy seas of Aleutian waters during World War 2. Officer taking navigation readings with sextant. Stern deck covered with ice. Sailors in cold weather gear aloft. Another light cruiser seen astern, viewed from lower deck. Ice-covered bridge and superstructure of the ship. Crewman looks through binoculars. Iced deck, lifelines, and anchor chain. Sailor chops ice from lifelines. Front of a Mitsubishi F1M (Pete) float plane is seen on its catapult. The other light cruiser, very close astern. View from bridge of bow awash in heavy seas. Two of the Ship's single forward 5.5 inch guns seen.
Sailors struggle to clear ice from Japanese warship in Aleutian waters during winter in World War II
Crew of Japanese Inperial Navy light cruiser work to remove heavy coats of ice from their ship while underway in Aleutian waters in Winter, during World War 2. A sailor tries to break ice from one of the ship's 5.5 inch guns. Sailors chop ice into chunks and throw it overboard. Ice clings to all the ships lines and rigging. View from bridge of foredeck. Ice covers one of the 5.5 inch guns. Sailors throwing ice overboard. View along ice-covered deck. One of the ship's guns pointing to starboard. Ice covering rigging. Closeup of sailors chopping ice. Ice-covered gun barrel. Canvas cover on one of the guns.Sailor trying to break ice from one of the ship's gun barrels.