Glimpses of ship's island, deck crews, antiaircraft guns and F6F aircraft parked with wings folded on the USS Yorktown (CV-10), in the Pacific, during World War 2. A U.S. escort carrier and a destroyer nearby. Flak low on horizon as U.S. ships fire at a attacking Japanese airplane flying only a few feet above the water. Crew of the USS Yorktown stands watching as the attacking airplane turns and crashes at the stern of the Yorktown. Another Japanese attacker flies just over the stern and is hit by Yorktown's gunners, bursting into flames and crashing into the sea, with a huge explosion. An F6F recovers on the flight deck.The United States class light cruiser Cleveland.
A U.S. Navy PBY of the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron transfers soldiers from Motorai Island in New Guinea to Mindanao in Philippines during World War II. Two aircraft on an airstrip. The whole airstrip in view. The PBY Catalina in flight among the clouds. Soldiers aboard the aircraft. An officer in the cockpit gazing outside. Two soldiers talking. An office smoking a cigar and checking an equipment in the back compartment of the aircraft.
U.S. Navy PBY Catalina of the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron transport soldiers from Motorai Island in New Guinea to Mindanao in Philippines during World War II The PBY Catalina, an American flying boat, in flight. The island of Philippines visible. The aircraft among the clouds in the sky. The coastline in view. Trees and inhabited areas along the coast line.
U.S. Navy PBY Catalina of the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron transfers the U.S. soldiers and war correspondents from Motorai Island in New Guinea to Mindanao in Philippines during World War II. The PBY Catalina in flight. An officer typing a document at the typewriter. The aircraft in flight above an island. The coastline in view. Rocky terrain along the coast line.
The soldiers and war correspondents being transferred aboard the U.S. Navy PBY Catalina of the 2d Emergency Rescue Squadron from Motorai Island in New Guinea to Mindanao in Philippines during World War II. The PBY Catalina in flight. The coastline of an island in view. Inhabited areas in the island and rocky terrain in the island. The aircraft in flight in the sky. Two aircraft in flight. A vessel in the ocean. Few vessels in the ocean water.
Life of U.S. soldiers under very difficult conditions during World War II. U.S. soldiers labor hard to deliver military supplies during the war. Troops rolling a log up a muddy hillside. Army soldiers unload and load boxes, equipment, and ammunition boxed in mountainous terrains, on beaches, and other places. Soldiers push heavy artillery guns. They carry ammunition boxes from an LCV (Landing Craft Vehicle) to a beach. Soldiers lash ammunition boxes onto backpack frames, hoist the boxes on their backs and scale elevated muddy paths.