USS Yorktown also called 'Fighting Lady' underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. American flag flies from the gaff. U.S. Navy F6F aircraft with a pilot in the cockpit in the foreground. Pilot waves and climbs out of the cockpit.
U.S. Army Air Forces operations in the Pacific during World War 2. Animated map of world shows U.S. Army Air Forces locations. Formation of Us Army Air Forces B-17s in flight. Animation shows expansion of Japanese holdings in the Pacific Ocean. Animation shows location of U.S. 5th Air Force. Mechanics work on early model of B-17s of 5th Air Force at air base in Australia. Japanese convoy underway in the Coral Sea. Action of Battle of Coral Sea by U.S. Navy and Australian Navy ships and aircraft. Bombs away view as B-17 in flight drop bombs. Japanese vessels in water being bombed. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber in flight. U.S. Army Air Forces pilots board P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers' engines starting. B-17 in flight. Formation of RAF (Royal Air Force) Beaufort bombers in flight. Interiors of aircraft shows Australian pilots at controls. Japanese convoy in Bismarck Sea. Australian and U.S. aircraft attacking at very low altitude ("mast high") to "skip bomb" the Japanese ships. Interiors of aircraft shows gunners strafing ships. Bombing of Japanese ships.
United States ships and a landing craft convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. The sun sets. The convoy in the background. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels (LCVPs) go ashore. Transports in the background. A radio man operates the transports. A fighter airplane in flight overhead.
United States ships and a landing craft convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II . Marines aboard landing crafts and ships underway. Two airplanes in flight overhead. A bespectacled marine yawns. The ships at the horizon. A coiled painter hanging over a sea painter on a life boat. The ships in the background.
United States ships and a landing craft convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels (LCVPs) come ashore. The shoreline of a Pacific island. Trees in the background. Smoke rising in the background.
United States ships and a landing craft convoy near an island in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. Landing crafts at a beach. Activities on the shore. Marines walk along a roadway. They talk amongst themselves. A group of marines stands around the British flag. Two marines hold the American flag. A group of men holds the British flag. The marines salute as the British flag is raised. Hook of a boat in the foreground. A landing craft in the far background.