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.
Atomic bombing mission in Japan by the United States Army Air Force, during World War II. A U.S. military base in North Field, Tinian Island in Mariana Islands, South Pacific. A group of U.S. Navy and Army Air Force officers stand in front of a B-29 bomber and talk to each other. The name of the B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay' painted on the nose of the bomber.
U.S. soldiers in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers going ashore in a raft. A U.S. soldier uses a telephone on a beach. A man climbs up a pole to rig a pulley. American flag is raised. A soldier stands near a building. Soldiers sit outside a building.