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A U.S. Marine officer in the U.S. speaks about the role of U.S. Marines in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. An officer at a map in the United States. He speaks about the battle against the Japanese in Guadalcanal. He asks for the support from civilians in terms of war production.
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.
U.S. Navy nurses aboard a dinghy arrive in Guadalcanal, Soloman Islands during World War II.
U.S. Navy nurses arrive in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. The nurses on the deck of a transport ship underway at sea. They discuss amongst themselves. A man watches through binoculars. The nurses disembark in a dinghy. They arrive at the coast. A nurse poses near a tree. A man takes her photograph.
U.S. soldiers embark on landing craft in staging area, Guadalcanal during World War II.
U.S. soldiers board landing crafts off the coast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Anchor is lowered into water from ship. Winch chain as anchor is lowered. Infantrymen embark on LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from transport in staging area. Infantrymen go over side of ships and climb down landing nets.
U.S. soldiers stand in mess line aboard transport off the coast of Guadalcanal during World War II.
U.S. troop transports off the coast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Soldiers stand in a mess line aboard troop transport. Soldiers aboard landing craft alongside transport.
U.S. cemetery in Guadalcanal showing crosses during World War II.
A U.S. cemetery on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Grave markers on crosses. Stars of David. A man prays.