United States Marine Corps move for raid on Japanese island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Amphibious Landing Vehicles with large number of marines move speedily towards the beach of Iwo Jima. Fleet of amphibious tractors, ships and war boats racing for the coast. Smoke from explosions around the LCVs and at the beach line of Iwo Jima. Tides in sea waters by LCVs movement.
Allied invasion of Aguni Jima in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) underway in Pacific Theater. LVT underway towards beach. Landing Craft Infantry aboard LVT. Shoreline of Aguni Jima in view. Loaded Landing Crafts approach beach. LVT lands on beach. Control boat and auxiliary craft on beach. Destroyer ships in view. Landing Craft Infantry advances and disperses on the beach.
U.S. Air Force General Hap Arnold meeting with other allied military chiefs at the Potsdam conference, following the end of World War II, in Europe. General Arnold gives a speech during the 38th Anniversary of air power in the United States. Military band plays during the ceremony. General Henry steps from airplane and shakes hands with some of his Air Force Commanders in the Pacific theater. B-29 Super fortresses bombing Japan.Bombardier seen inside B-29 Super fortress. View of General of the Army, Henry (Hap) Arnold. Aircraft of the Air Force demonstration team, The Thunderbirds, in flight. September 18, 1947, formation of the United States Air Force as a separate service. January, 1950, the funeral of General Arnold at Arlington Cemetery, Virginia. Arnold Engineering Development Center building in Tullahoma, Tennessee. President Harry Truman dedicates the Center. B-47 and B-52 bombers taking off. Various Air Force aircraft seen taking off. Views of the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance in the villages of the islands. Tanks advance in the villages. Marines approach houses in the village. Fire and smoke due to explosions. Dead bodies lay on ground. Fire rises up from the houses in village. Flame throwing Sherman tanks set huge fires throughout the villages. Aerial view of smoke over island. Infantry equipped with small arms, and some seen carrying flame thrower packs on their backs, moving along the roads without heavy support weapons. U.S. Douglas TBM Avenger aircraft drop food, water and munitions by parachute to Marines climbing hills. Smoke protects Marines crossing an open slope. (World War II period).
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance on the islands. Japanese aircraft in flight over the island. They bomb the island. U.S. Marines in open fields. U.S. Tanks on field. Firing and explosion. Smoke rises up. U.S. Marines fire artillery. The wounded soldiers are evacuated safely. U.S. Troops carry the wounded soldiers on stretchers. (World War II period).
A Japanese standard barge under camouflage on a beach in Okinawa, Pacific Theater during World War II. Troops stand on the barge. African American troops sit at the base of a Japanese monument. They embark amphibious truck DUKW.