Flight deck operations aboard U.S.S. Lexington (CV-16) in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. F6F Hellcat fighters,numbered 4,24, and 2 of Squadron VF-16 (Fighting Airedales) taking off from flight deck of USS Lexington (CV-16). Three F6Fs, of VF-16, with engines running. Aircraft numbers 19 and 7 taxi forward. a Douglas SBD dive bomber, number 32, taxis forward as rear seater adjusts his machine gun.
Flight deck operations aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Lexington (CV-16) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger takes off from the flight deck U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat, and U.S. Navy Douglas SBDs Dauntless take off from the flight deck.
Carrier operations aboard the USS Monterey (CVL-26) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter plane crashed in water. USS Monterey in the foreground. Pilots scrambles out of cockpit. Pilot in water next to aircraft, aircraft sinks.
Rescue of Australian prisoners from Japanese prison ship sunk by U.S. submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. American crew helps Australian survivors down sub hatch of U.S. submarine. Deck of submarine underway. The interiors of submarine showing the survivors.
U.S. submarines underway in the Pacific Ocean, headed toward their home port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during World War 2. Aerial view of the submarines underway. An airplane in flight overhead.
A training film titled 'The Kwajalein Operations' on the operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. A map locates islands in the Pacific Ocean. Animation depicts the area invaded by U.S. forces. The Gilbert Islands, the Solomon Islands, Midway Island, Tarawa and other islands located on the map. U.S. lines of communication on various islands. Kwajalein Atoll on the map. The atoll is selected as a base for U.S. forces. It is selected because of various benefits which would prove useful during the invasion of the Marshall Islands. Bases and installations on Kwajalein Atoll.