Marines sit in bomb crater on island. Smoke in the background. Marines fire machine gun at Japanese position, and into a dead Japanese soldier. Burning building. Marines fire machine guns between sandbags. Burned body of dead Japanese soldier. Marines march along roadway. Palm trees on beach. Small craft on beach, tide is out. Japanese torpedoes on dollies on beach. (World War II period).
USS Yorktown (CV-10), also called the "Fighting Lady," underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Captain J. J. "Jocko" Clark conferring with Commander James H. Flatley, Jr. aboard the Yorktown. The officers examine and discuss the map of an airfield on a Japanese-held island in the Pacific. Rear Admiral (2-star) Charles A. Pownall, seated, examine the map and aerial photographs. Close-up view of Rear Admiral Charles A. Pownall.
Hand signing a war bond application document. A woman nurse of the U.S. Army emerges from a sleeping bag during World War II. Two smiling Army nurses waving in front of the camera. A Women’s Army Corps (WAC) female instructor holds a model aircraft during a class for women in the Women’s Army Corps. Views of WAAC women at work at a training center. Women at desk doing compilation, women at typewriter. A hand fills out an application form to pledge war bonds. Animation depicts the globe from east of the Philippines, crossing the Pacific Ocean, to the United States. Bundles of United States Savings Bonds and other bonds. Women sorts out war bond letters in various baskets. Women working behind typewriters. Women working in a facility that issues war bonds to Americans. A $25 war bond issued by the United States Savings Bond. Women filing paperwork at the War Bond Office. Printing press prints war bonds en masse. Women sorting war bond mail to soldiers. A postman delivering war bonds to a woman. Service star banner in window. A girl holds a bunch of war bonds in her hands.
U.S. turns offensive in the Pacific theater and captures Tarawa from Japan during the World War II. The U.S. invasion fleet moves toward Tarawa. Sailors on the ship discuss the strategy. A globe showing the Pacific Ocean. Marines on the fleet ships pray. The U.S. Navy opens fire. Explosions on the surface of water. Marines land and fight after a naval bombardment. More reinforcements arrive. Destroyed Japanese emplacements due to the American offensive. Wrecked Japanese weapons on the island. Korean laborers. American construction battalions repair the damaged airfield.
Shores of Tarawa Atoll in Pacific Ocean. Wreckage on island. Trees after bombardment. Marines mill around. Tents put up on beach. (World War II period).
Shores of Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Marines milling around, wreckage after battle. Palm trees along shoreline. Wreckage on Tarawa. Marines mill around on beach. (World War II period).