Interview recordings of U.S. nurses, rescued from Bataan at Leyte, Philippine Islands. Lt. Bradley, an Army nurse speaks. Lt. Alice Hahn, an army nurse speaks. American nurses imprisoned by the Japanese since the fall of Bataan. Group of twelve nurses pose and wave at camera.
Arrival of rescued Allied prisoners of war at Tacloban Airstrip, Leyte, Philippines in World War II. USAAF Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft parked at airstrip. Ambulances backed up to C-46s. C-46s loaded with wounded soldiers (prisoners of war) rescued by U.S. rangers on Luzon. Men carry wounded soldiers on stretcher and transfer them into ambulances. Ambulances drive on airstrip, aircraft in the background.
U.S. nurses who are rescued from Bataan are in Leyte, Philippine Islands during World War II. A group of twelve nurses (American nurses imprisoned by the Japanese since the fall of Bataan) pose and wave at a camera.
U.S. soldiers carry wounded patients (prisoners of war rescued by U.S. Rangers on Luzon) from air evacuation C-46 airplane, on stretchers, and transfer them to ambulances, at Tacloban Field, Leyte, Philippines during World War II. The ambulances are driven away. Ambulatory former prisoners disembark from a United States Army Air Force Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft. Interior of the C-46 air evacuation airplane shows wounded on bunk beds. The wounded are carried from the C-46 aircraft. The ambulances drive on the airstrip. Aircraft in the background.
U.S. Third Fleet underway at sea, heads for Leyte in October 1944 during World War II. Warships fire heavy guns at Leyte. Ships advance under naval bombardment. Explosions on ship. U.S. troops aboard landing crafts. Japanese troops and defense during the barrage. They take positions and begin to attack. U.S. landing crafts attacked. Dramatic close up views of faces and expressions of many U.S. soldiers as they prepare for the invasion. U.S. troops leave landing craft and wade through water on to beaches. Japanese troops firing at incoming American forces with rifles and machine gun fire. American soldier raises American flag on island. Artillery fired and U.S. Army tanks advance. Wounded U.S. soldiers carried on litters. U.S. Army soldiers staying low and crawling on beach to avoid enemy fire. U.S. Army soldiers advancing, using rifle fire, hand grenades, and flamethrowers to attack entrenched Japanese enemy positions. Dead Japanese soldiers. Smoke arising from explosions in jungle.
A group of United States Marines dressed in khaki and WAC (Women's Army Corps) stand in front of Army Headquarters at Leyte Island during World War II. A Marine talk to a WAC. WAC personnel smiling while talking to the Marine. Tropical trees in the background.