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U.S. invasion fleet sails towards Tarawa and destroys Japanese emplacements during the World War II.
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.
U.S. forces capture Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, from Japanese forces. Sea Bees repair captured airfield. during World War II.
The Battle of Tarawa between U.S. and Japanese forces during World War 2. U.S. Task Force ships head for Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. U.S. officers confer aboard a ship. A stick points out the location of Tarawa on a map of the Pacific Ocean. U.S. soldiers bow their heads in prayers aboard the ship. U.S. naval guns are fired at coastal targets. U.S. Marines in landing crafts head for Tarawa. Smoke rises from artillery shell attacks on the island. The Marines use hand grenades to destroy Japanese pillboxes and machine gun nests. Reinforcements arrive and U.S. Marines advance inland after heavy fighting. Abandoned coastal artillery guns and dead Japanese soldiers on the island. The island after the battle. Forced Korean laborers on the island. A U.S. medic giving first aid to a Korean laborer. U.S. Navy CBs (Construction Battalion) make repairs and construct an airstrip on Tarawa.
U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberators bombard the Japanese airstrip on Vila, Solomon Islands during World War II.
U.S. bombers bomb Vila, Solomon Islands during World War II. USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-24 Liberator bombers in flight over Pacific Ocean heading for Vila. The B-24s bomb the Japanese airstrip on Vila. Smoke rises from explosions. Bomb puff on Vila surrounded by water.
U.S. Army troops advance through jungle on Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, in World War II
Battle of Makin Island, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. U.S. Army troops, of the 27th Infantry Division, pick their way through fallen trees and other jungle obstacles as they advance into Makin Island . Some take shelter behind a Japanese-built barricade. One soldier reports on a walkie talkie radio.
Japanese bombers take off from aircraft carriers and drop bombs on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States during World War II.
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States during World War II. A Japanese Task Force underway in the Pacific Ocean. Naval guns aboard a ship. Japanese dive bombers aboard aircraft carriers. Crew members get into aircraft. The aircraft take off. The aircraft in a formation flight. They drop bombs at Pearl Harbor. Columns of smoke rise.
U.S. aircraft take off and U.S. Army officers in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
The Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. A map shows the Aleutian Islands situated in the North Pacific Ocean forming the southern boundary of the Bering Sea. Volcanoes in the Aleutian Islands. The rocky coast of the island. A man stands on an ice covered ship. A boat carries some people. An aircraft lands on sea. A ship in the rough seas. In 1942: Animated map depicts Japanese invasion of Midway Island and Dutch Harbor and U.S. response to the attack. U.S. Army Air Force PBY Catalina flying boat aircraft takes off. U.S. Army officers who participated in the Battle of Dutch Harbor include Lieutenants Charles H. Briggs, Jack Todd, Jep C, Jonson, James E. Breeding, Virgil Alleman and Jack S. Marks. Active volcanoes in the background. Army camps in the Aleutian Islands.