A sailor at U.S. Naval Supply Depot in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The U.S. sailor works on very small parts at a table in Procurement and Issue building.
Fuel drum salvage operation by U.S. Navy CBs (Construction Battalions) after the capture of Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Large piles of 50 gallon drums. CBs cut the tops of the drums and weld the drums together to form pipelines. A pipeline made of drums is laid into a deep ditch and welding of large sections is completed.
About a month after the end of World War 2, Airmen at the Headquarters, U.S. 20th Bomber Command, Guam, Marianas Islands, try their hand at movie making for fun. Numerous takes of airman's hand on control stick in cockpit of a P-51. The first is with a glove on. Others are barehanded. He manipulates the control stick and presses weapons firing buttons. In a different scene, a "pilot" sits in cockpit of a dented P-51 and with help of contrived background appears to be flying. He acts somewhat bewildered.
United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) 29th Bombardment Group in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. An aerial view of USAAF B-29 Superfortress aircraft in flight over Rotal Island. Several B-29s fly in a formation. A B-29 parked on an airfield. The crew of the B-29 prepares for a flight.
Japanese kamikaze suicide pilot divers attack hospital ship USS Comfort (AH-6), during action off Okinawa, Japan. Damaged USS Comfort. A sign : 'U.S. Navy ship, USS Comfort'. Wounded nurses and casualties are carried and transfered to a van. Burial services are held at a military cemetery on Guam: coffins draped with the flags of the United States are carried to the cemetery. The nurses who treated the casualties shown mourning. The flag draped coffins. Graves of the Americans and the flag of the United States at the Guam cemetery. (World War II period).
United States Army Air Force operations in the Mariana Islands during World War II. A section on a map of the South Pacific. The islands around Guam on the map.