The celebration of the Victory over Japan Day (VJ day) at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii. Mountainous area in the background. Several ships and submarines underway.
Salvage and reclamation activities in various Theaters of Operation during World War II. European Theater: Wrecked tanks, cranes, locomotives, cars, trucks and other wreckage on the ground. Men standing nearby and working. Writing visible on some tanks including names some names: Clipper (of "C" Company 1st Corps Medium Tank Battalion, U.S. Marines), Booze Hound, and Creeping Headache. Men working on the reclamation. Marine evacuating a hit and disabled tank on the battlefield in Okinawa, Japan. Smoke rises after the tank is hit . A smoke screen is laid to obscure it during repairs. A tank retriever aids the tank. The tank is repaired by crew. As smoke screen dissipates, the the tank and tank retriever have completed repairs and drive on. Men working on reclamation activities, refitting and redeploying tanks in a tank reclamation factory.
U.S. Army Air Force( USAAF ) Brigadier General Lauris Norstad presents a report in the United States. Seated at a desk in his office Brigadier General Lauris Norstad presents a report on the working of the 20th Air Force in Tokyo, Japan. He gives the report on behalf of USAAF General Henry Arnold. He details information in context to the eight day period of the bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortresses. He talks about the buildings and the areas damaged by the bombing. He speaks about the overall damage and economy loss caused due to the bombardment. (World War II period).
Wounded United States Marines at the 5th Marine Division hospital in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A syringe being inserted in a large open wound inside a Marine's jaw. Syringe being pushed into various parts of the jaw. Towels being packed around the wound. Doctor swabs out the wound. Doctor stitches an open wound in Marine's jaw. Marine's face after wound is sewn and dressing being placed on the wound. Doctor probes into a wound in a Marine's mouth.
Wounded United States Marines in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Wounded 5th Division Marine being carried on a stretcher into an operating room. A corpsman opens rear of an ambulance and removes a wounded Marine from the ambulance. A Marine being placed onto an ambulance. A wounded Marine being carried into an operating room. Ambulance jeep backs up to entrance of the operating room. Corpsmen carry wounded Marines on stretcher from the jeep to the operating room. An ambulance loaded with wounded marines pulls away.
United States 5th Marines Division in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A map on a paper. Smoke rises from an area. A weapon carrier with rockets mounted at the rear. Rockets burst as smoke rises. Aerial bursts of white phosphorus. Puff of smoke rises from the area.