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Marine and Coast Guard amphibious training in San Diego,CA. Higgins boat crews train in Algeria, during World War II.
In 1943, Higgins boats from the USS Callaway (APA-35) practice maneuvering in a circle, in waters off San Diego, California. A M3 Stuart light tank being lowered from the ship onto Higgins boat number PA35-1. View of two marines riding on top of the tank as the boat proceeds toward shore. Higgins boat (PA26-23) from the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) churns the waters during training activities in waters off Algeria, North Africa. Boat No. 23 flies a striped flag of maroon and gold, which seems to identify it as a supervisory boat. Other landing craft, including Boat PA26-11, execute training maneuvers.
U.S. Marines in sandbag bunker fire at Japanese position, Tarawa Island in Pacific Ocean.
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).
Aboard USS Yorktown, Commander Flatley, Captain Clark, and Rear Admiral Pownall study map and images.
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.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron personnel wash and dry prints of photographs in South Pacific.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in the South Pacific during World War II. Prints on Rabaul negative being washed. A soldier puts the negatives in containers. A personnel dries the prints as he places them on machine. Machine gives out dried prints A sign on a door reads 'Printing'. Negatives brought to a dryer from the developing room. Men dry negative roll. A man rubs on either side of the negatives. June 4th, 1943: A soldier sleeps as others chat.
United States Army Air Force 339th Fighter Squadron Pilots in the South Pacific preparing for take-off during WW2.
The United States Army Air Force pilots of the 339th Fighter Squadron, who intercepted and shot down Imperial Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in 1943 during World War II. Captain Tom Lanphier, is seated under an aircraft, cleaning his goggles. View of Captain Lanphier, smiling. Another United States Army Air Force Pilot, Lieutenant Rex T. Barber, wearing helmet and goggles, adjusts his straps. Another pilot, Lieutenant Besby Holmes, leaning his back on an aircraft, adjusts his helmet and laughs. Lieutenant Douglas S. Canning puts on a life vest and smiles. Lieutenant Delton Goerke chews and smiles as he looks at the camera. Lieutenant Julius Jacobson adjusts his helmet and smiles. Pilot in cockpit gives an “OK” hand gesture facing the camera before closing the cockpit canopy. Another pilot salutes facing the camera before closing his cockpit canopy.
Women in U.S. military and women work in a war bonds facility in the United States (WW2)
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.