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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.
Bob Hope, Frances Langford and Patty Thomas in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.
American entertainers of the USO in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Singer Frances Langford and an airman stand on the wing of a United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft. They sit down on the wing. The airman helps Langford to get off the aircraft. Dancer Patty Thomas walks away from an aircraft followed by U.S. servicemen. The soldiers and sailors around Langford and Thomas. Langford signs short snorter dollar bills. The P-38 Lightning aircraft in the background. Bob Hope, Langford, Patty Thomas, Jerry Colonna and Tony Romano come out of a mess hall.
Frances Langford and Tony Romano perform in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.
American entertainers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Wounded soldiers among the audience. The audience seated in an outdoor theater. Singer Frances Langford sings and Tony Romano plays a guitar. Nurses and soldiers among the audience. Tony Romano and other comedians entertain the audience. They applaud. Bob Hope and others leave the stage.
Frances Langford and Patty Thomas sign autographs for soldiers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.
American entertainers from the USO in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Singer Frances Langford and dancer Patty Thomas sign autographs for U.S. soldiers. Comedians Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna and Tony Romano on a beach. They smoke cigars. Hope, Colonna, Romano and Dean seated on the beach. Langford and Thomas wave. Hope, Colonna and Romano seated on the beach. Male entertainers walk on the beach.
U.S. Navy nurses arrive to take up their hospital duties in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
U.S. Navy nurses in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. The nurses disembark from a ship. They wave and get onto a boat. They get off the boat at a pier. GIs welcome the nurses. The nurses arrive in Guadalcanal to take up their hospital duties. A nurse standing beside a tree poses for a camera.
U.S. Marines demonstrate captured Japanese artillery, machine guns and flame throwers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines demonstrate Japanese weapons. A Marine fires a Japanese flame thrower. A Japanese artillery piece. The Marines fire machine guns and artillery.