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U.S. Army Air Forces light Grasshopper aircraft on a reconnaissance mission on Bougainville during World War II.
U.S. and Japanese forces battle during the Bougainville Campaign of World War II. A U.S. Army Air Forces Grasshopper light aircraft takes off to conduct a reconnaissance mission against Japanase forces who hold part of Bougainville, New Guinea. The aircraft in flight over difficult terrain, flying slowly at tree-top height. The pilot spots Japanese positions and radios the ground forces. U.S. artillery is positioned and fired. They blast revealed Japanese positions. Infantry units land near the Jaba River and progress to clean up isolated Japanese troops. A Grasshopper in flight overhead.
Battle between U.S. Marines and Japanese soldiers at Bougainville Island, Pacific Theatre, World War 2
U.S. Marines climb up a hill between trees and throw grenades at a enemy Japanese position on Bougainville during World War 2. Wounded or dead American soldier lying on ground. Soldiers looking at fire on the hill. Helmet covered with camouflage netting lying on ground. U.S. Marine operating a flamethrower directing flame at Japanese position. Japanese equipment scattered around dead Japanese soldier. A U.S. soldier talks over telex phone. Remains of Japanese men and artillery captured in dug out. Japanese on hilltop, soldier view pill box, another soldier discovers a mine and removes it. Shells lying on ground. Soldiers walk down the road.
Wounded soldiers at Bougainville carried on litters to C-47 aircraft via an ambulance during WWII.
U.S. soldiers crawling through underbrush during Bougainville campaign in World War 2 against the Japanese. American soldiers carry injured soldiers. Wounded US soldier or Marine lying on litter, using helmet for pillow. Soldiers squatting in forest. Loading wounded on litters into ambulance backed up to a plane. Soldier walks towards jeep with "Operations Officer - Acorn l3". Ambulance on field. Ambulance backed up to open door of C-47 loading wounded on plane. Two soldiers rest in the shade of a C-47 wing. Wounded soldiers lie inside medical evacuation aircraft.
U.S. 37th Division troops supported by airplanes and tanks move inland on Bougainville Islands.
U.S. action in South Pacific during World War II. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz look at a map on a table. Gen. MacArthur points at a map on a wall. An animated map shows Bougainville Islands in the Pacific Ocean. An explosion on a ship. Low flying U.S. planes strafe the enemy positions on the island. A soldier talks over a radio. Soldiers of 37th Division of the U.S. Army move inland on the island. Tanks and soldiers move forward. Soldiers aim and fire through their rifles. Artillery loaded and fired. Explosions in the distance. U.S. soldiers throw hand grenades. Dead Japanese soldiers on the ground. A trolley unloads gravel. Rollers level the land. An airbase is established. A man at controls. A plane lands at an airstrip. Soldiers move towards the plane.
United States C-47 aircraft takes off from Empress Augusta Bay air field in Bougainville, Solomon Islands
Aircrafts take off from an airstrip at Empress Augusta Bay air field in Bougainville, Solomon Island. A United States soldier points altus lamp as a C-47 taxis along the airstrip and takes off. (World War II period).
Airman works on engine of an aircraft at Empress Augusta Bay air field in Bougainvilie, Solomon Island
A number of aircrafts are seen at Empress Augusta Bay air field in Bougainvilie, Solomon Island. Airman refuels a plane as another one works on the engine of the aircraft.