Activity aboard United States battleship New Mexico before the invasion of Guam during World War 2. U.S. Sailors aboard the New Mexico recover fired and hot 5-inch powder cases in cans on board the ship. They place and stack cans on the deck of the ship.
Activity aboard United States battleship New Mexico before the invasion of Guam in Pacific Theater during World War 2. The New Mexico, BB-40, fires her 5-inch/51 casemate mounted guns. Time 00:28 shows a stern view of the battleship USS Mississippi, BB-41.
Activity aboard United States battleship New Mexico before the invasion of Guam in Pacific Theater during World War II. Men remove ammunition from the hoist aboard New Mexico. Men load shells in a 5 inch gun. United States battleship Colorado underway at sea with a LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) in the background. Smoke rises from the coast due to bombardment.
Activity aboard United States battleship New Mexico before the invasion of Guam in Pacific Theater during World War II. United States battleship Colorado underway at sea with LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) nearby. A kingfisher scout observation plane catapults from the battleship New Mexico. Men on the bridge of the ship look through binoculars. Shells drop in the sea. Landing craft underway at sea. Coast bombarded with 5 inch guns. Aerial views from U.S. aircraft of shells exploding on the coast and smoke rising. (Note: time codes 00:00 to 00:18 and then 00:34 to 00:42 show port side of the battleship USS Colorado, BB-45.)
The joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against the Japanese on the island of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas Islands. U.S. mortar crew fires at the Japanese. Tanks and infantrymen advance ahead. American troops fire mortar guns, artillery guns and machine guns. Troops advance toward a Japanese airbase. The airbase is captured. Many of the Japanese planes are captured. U.S. forces advance north towards another Japanese airbase. Tanks and mortar guns are fired at enemy positions. View of destroyed Japanese tanks and dead Japanese soldiers. U.S. Naval fleet shelling Japanese installations on the island. A Japanese ammunition dump explodes. Massive cloud of the explosion rises in the air. (World War II period).
The joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against the Japanese on the island of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Mariana Islands. American troops look through binoculars. U.S. troops use flamethrowers to burn out the Japanese hidden behind underbrush. The enemy is blown out of there pillboxes. (World War II period).