United States Army Air Force operations in the Mariana Islands during World War II. A ribbon and a medal pinned on a coat. The medal reads 'Expert Rifleman'. A ribbon with two stars on it. A medal for a carbine. A ribbon with three stars on it. The first medal. The second medal for 'Expert Automatic Rifle'. The third medal for 'Expert Bayonet'. The ribbon with two stars on it. The ribbon with one star on it. A clock like instrument on a wall gives speed, altitude and footage.
United States Army Air Force operations in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Men sitting on a jeep. A man stands beside the jeep. Two men sit in the jeep. Men run in one direction as an aircraft crashes. Three men stand and watch the aircraft landing. They turn in the same way.
United States Army Air Force operations in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Aerial view of a flat terrain. Aerial view of a forest area. Bombs are dropped on the forest area. The bombs burst through trees.
View of a B-29 fuselage painted with cartoon bird and lettering: 'The B.A.Bird' written beside it. [This aircraft, Serial number 42-93896, and Tail Code "Circle X, (unseen) belongs to the 1st Squadron, 9th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing stationed on North Field, Tinian. Its aircraft commander is Captain Wendell W. Hutchison, and one of its Crew Chiefs is Sergeant Chester Ziel.] Next seen are B-29s on Saipan, in the Marianas Islands in World War 2 . Numerous United States B-29s parked on the field with plain "V" tail codes, indicating 20th Air Force, 73rd Bomb Wing, 499th Bombardment Group. A Group of B-29 Superfortress bombers in formation over the airbase. A B-29 lands on the runway.
U.S. Army General Henry H. Arnold visits 314th Bombardment Wing at North Field in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Staff cars and military police escorts arrive at headquarters. A band plays in the foreground. U.S. Army Air Force Major Generals Curtis E. Lemay and Thomas S. Power greet General Henry H. Arnold. Generals and staff officers at attention as the band plays. The Generals leave the headquarters and walk to service apron where General Arnold speaks to 314th Wing personnel.
Major General Curtis E. LeMay and staff watch movies in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) Major General and Commander of 21st Bomber Command Curtis E. LeMay with staff watches movies. A screen in the background. LeMay and staff seated in chairs as they watch the movies. Major General Lemay smokes a cigarette as he talks a staff personnel. The screen shows USAAF B-29 Superfortresses taking off to bomb Japan. A pilot and a copilot in a cockpit. Bombings over a target. Explosions and smoke over targets. Staff personnel look at a map.