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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.
U.S. reinforcement and resupply operations on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, during World War II.
Reinforcements and supplies arriving on Guadalcanal during World War 2. Various views of Soldiers and supplies arriving from transport ships. These operations are occuring in 1943, after Guadalcanal has been secured and now being prepared as a base for further allied advances against Japanese-held islands on the road to Japan itself. In one scene Soldiers are seen arrivng on a Higgins Boat from the transport ship, USS George Clymer (APA-27). Most of the film shows supplies being amassed on the beachhead. Local natives are employed helping unload and store the large quantities of supplies.
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.
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.
Japanese prisoners on PT boats and being marched under American guards in Guadalcanal, Solomon islands.
Captured Japanese aviators by U.S. Marines in Guadalcanal, Solomon islands during World War II. Japanese aviators captured, in PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats enroute to Guadalcanal. Stern of PT boats with wake and guards. Japanese prisoners on PT boats. Japanese prisoners disembark from Higgins boat. Japanese prisoners stand about. American give Japanese prisoners cigarette and a light. Japanese prisoners march to stockade. Japanese prisoners wait for a boat. Prisoners being marched to boat. Guards with tommy guns as they watch prisoners on boats. Prisoners sit idly. Prisoners seated on stern of a PT boat. Prisoners march on road. Prisoners stand idle. Prisoners stand in a group as Marines guard them. Prisoners stand in a double line as Marines guard them.
U.S. Marine Corps take and send messages in radio receiving central truck at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (WW2)
United States Marine Corps Communication activities at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands in World War II. Radio receiving central truck in operation. Marine with earphones while typing and taking messages. Truck has open sides and canvas top. Radio receiving set, Marine copying message on typewriter. Marine sends message on telegraph, other Marine's hands in foreground. Marine operates radio receiver. Antenna wires. Radio receiving central truck in field.