U.S. Navy PT Boat Base 21 at Mios Woendi Island in Dutch New Guinea during World War 2. Crew members sleeping in bunks aboard a Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat. A watch comes in and wakes them up. The sailors get up. The watch offers cigarettes to the sailors. He lights up the cigarette for them. A cook prepares breakfast and crew members eat around a table. An officer comes in and calls the crew. The sailors get up and leave the room.
Animated map shows U.S. forces extending control in the Pacific the the Marshall and Gilbert Islands in the Pacific during World War 2. An American soldier sentry near a destroyed Japanese reinforced concrete bunker. Another looks at a destroyed Japanese coastal gun. More American soldiers looking over destroyed Japanese coastal defenses. A destroyed Japanese type 95 HA-GO tank. A U.S. troops look at a destroyed Japanese Mitsubishi G4M (Betty) bombers on a captured airfield. Animated map of New Guinea.showing Allied advance to Hollandia. U.S. aircraft carriers with their aircraft flying overhead. Closeup from behind of a Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft taking off from a carrier. Formations of U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft in flight overhead. Escort aircraft carriers (called "Jeep" carriers by the narrator) are seen with decks full of airplanes. Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft taxiing on a carrier deck. An F6F fighter plane taking off. A formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless airplanes viewed from above, flying over the sea. Gun camera films from U.S. aircraft strafing parked airplanes on Japanese airfields.
A U.S. Navy PBY of the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron transfers soldiers from Motorai Island in New Guinea to Mindanao in Philippines during World War II. Two aircraft on an airstrip. The whole airstrip in view. The PBY Catalina in flight among the clouds. Soldiers aboard the aircraft. An officer in the cockpit gazing outside. Two soldiers talking. An office smoking a cigar and checking an equipment in the back compartment of the aircraft.
U.S. Navy PBY Catalina of the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron transport soldiers from Motorai Island in New Guinea to Mindanao in Philippines during World War II The PBY Catalina, an American flying boat, in flight. The island of Philippines visible. The aircraft among the clouds in the sky. The coastline in view. Trees and inhabited areas along the coast line.
U.S. Navy PBY Catalina of the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron transfers the U.S. soldiers and war correspondents from Motorai Island in New Guinea to Mindanao in Philippines during World War II. The PBY Catalina in flight. An officer typing a document at the typewriter. The aircraft in flight above an island. The coastline in view. Rocky terrain along the coast line.
The American campaign against the Japanese in the South West Pacific during World War II. A U.S. Army officer at a podium as he addresses soldiers. A large number of soldiers of 1st Cavalry Division seated as they listen to him before New Guinea landings. Another officer addresses the soldiers. The soldiers at a map as they are being briefed. The soldiers in combat gear as they prepare for the landings. A sign reads 'Headquarters of the Sixth Army entrance'. A man at a wireless receiver set as he wears headphones. A picture of a woman on the desk.