American flag raised on Tarawa Island, Pacific Ocean. Marine holds flag and other marines watch. Marine bugler sounds call as flag is raised. Marine enlisted men and officer salute as the flag is raised. American flag hoisted up palm tree. Marines salute the flag. Marine General Smith and staff salute at flag-raising.
Aerial views of Tarawa Atoll, Pacific Ocean. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) beached. LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) on strip. LST approach beach.
Shores of Tarawa Atoll in Pacific Ocean. Landing craft crosses in the foreground. House on pilings on beach. Marines mill around on beach. LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) on strip.
Amphibious forces of United States Army leave Guadalcanal harbor to attack enemy positions on the Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. troops and equipment are loaded aboard LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry). Marines and infantry board the LCIs. Landing crafts loaded with troops head for an LST (Landing Ship Tank) anchored at Guadalcanal harbor. Amphibious forces underway in the Pacific Ocean head for New Georgia on the Solomon Islands. Soldiers look through binoculars. U.S. Army Air Force fighter aircraft in the sky. .
U.S. Navy ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2 for the invasion of Philippines. Twin 5 inch mounts firing up into the sky at Japanese enemy aircraft. Other guns fired from the ship. Flak in the sky. Tracers heading into sky. Crew loading and firing a gun. Japanese aircraft are hit. Dramatic hit of a Japanese aircraft that explodes and falls toward the sea as a bright fire ball trailing thick smoke.
U.S. Navy forces in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy TBM aircraft taxiing over the flight deck during sunset. U.S. Navy F4U Corsair take off from the deck. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat aircraft take off from the aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier underway. U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver in formation flight overhead. The aircraft in flight over rough terrain. Bombs hits marked on the terrain. Landing crafts circling off to the starboard side. Landing crafts head into beach on invasion.