Capital ships of a U.S. Naval Task Force underway in formation, seen from another warship ahead of them. A shell being loaded into the breech of a naval gun, followed by containers of propellant powder. Sailors controlling aiming of guns in triple turret. Closeup from outside, of gun triple guns moving, and then firing to starboard. Glimpse of a battleship firing to port. A Baltimore class heavy cruiser, in camouflage paint, firing forward 8-inch guns to starboard. An Iowa class battleship. A Baltimore class cruiser underway. A Benham class destroyer in camouflage paint. Aerial view of carrier-based Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver banking left and diving. Glimpse of bombs falling. Other U.S. Navy warplanes maneuvering. A U.S. Landing ship medium (R) firing rockets. USS LSM-197 and 198 (R) firing rockets. Numerous explosions along the shore of a Japanese held Pacific Island. An Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper underway. Members of a Navy underwater demolition team leaving their boat. Huge underwater explosion raises clouds of water and smoke. A Portland class heavy cruiser firing guns. Shells exploding on shore. More Naval guns firing. A U.S. Battleship firing triple 16 inch guns and double 5-inch guns. U.S. troops climbing down rope nets from an attack transport ship, to board landing craft. The 173 foot Patrol Craft, USS PC-1306 is seen among landing craft. Closeup of U.S. troops in the landing craft and then wading ashore from them. U.S. troops under heavy Japanese fire at Pacific Island beachhead. May hunkered down in sand. Some treat wounded while under fire. Soldiers firing mortars, 75mm pack howitzers., and rifles. More Naval guns firing and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft flying overhead. Gun camera film of Japanese aircraft being downed by a U.S. carrier based airplane. A U.S. Douglas Dauntless SBD aircraft buzzing over the beachhead. Another gun camera view of a Japanese aircraft being shot down. Landing Ship Tank (LST-1006) arriving at beachhead. An army truck drives her ramp. Various Navy support ships and activities. A U.S. Navy F4F aircraft firing rockets.
Amphibious attack by the U.S. forces on an island in the Pacific during World War II. A U.S. battleship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Naval guns firing at Japanese positions. Landing crafts loaded with soldiers approach the island. Aircraft in flight drop bombs. An armored vehicle drives into a beach. U.S. troops wade inland during combat. Marines ducking behind bushes before an explosion takes place on the beach. Dead Japanese soldiers’ bodies lying on the ground. A firing rocket launcher on USMC M-2-4 1-ton cargo truck. Vehicles driven inland. A soldier fires a gun. Soldiers filing out of grass. They carry ammunition. Flames come out of a Flamethrower. The soldiers sit in a trench. Injured soldiers are treated in the jungle. Medics carry a patient on a stretcher. A jeep is driven away. Tanks move in a line. Soldiers on a battlefield.
Wounded U.S. troops are treated on a Pacific island during World War II. Jeeps loaded with injured troops. A corpsman medic keeps medicines and other things on a litter. Medical aid provided to the injured. A medic removes a fracture bandage from the leg of a soldier. A medic treats the ankle of an injured soldier. An ambulance arrives to pick up the injured. Injured soldiers are loaded into ambulances. Bomb explosions on a battlefield. The ambulance carrying injured backs off. The injured at an evacuation center. Women and men are taken out of a landing craft. Wounded soldiers on a landing craft. The landing craft carrying the injured underway in the Pacific ocean. The injured soldiers are transferred to ships from landing crafts. Doctors treat the injured soldiers in a hospital.
Wounded U.S. troops are treated on a Pacific island during World War II. Landing crafts approach the island. Medical supplies and clean water containers are unloaded. The supplies are stacked on a transport vehicle. A horse drawn wagon loaded with supplies. Soldiers at a battalion aid center. A truck loaded with supply reverses. Injured troops carried on stretchers. Faces of shocked soldiers suffering combat fatigue (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; PTSD). Sign paper noting diagnosis of combat fatigue for a soldier. A truck moves across a rough land.
Wounded U.S. troops are treated on a Pacific island during World War II. A bulldozer moves through a torii. Vehicles driven to a medical hospital. Men clear rubble in the Japanese hospital. Men draw water from a well and pour into a container. A man dips a cloth in the container. A medic observes through a microscope as he works on setting up a laboratory. Water is sprinkled on mud from a tanker. Soldiers enter a division hospital. The soldiers carry an injured on a stretcher. Medics treat patients. A medic washes hands. The medics apply bandages on the injured soldiers. A medic inserts the needle of a blood bottle into a patient.
Wounded American troops are treated on a Pacific island during World War II. Soldiers drive a jeep. A tank moves over a rough land. Wounded soldiers are evacuated from a hospital. Ambulances carrying the injured soldiers are driven in a line. The ambulances halt over a pontoon bridge. Soldiers are taken out of the ambulances and are loaded in landing crafts. A medical ship in the background. Soldiers are treated on the medical ship. A injured on a stretcher is lifted on the medical ship. People move on the ship.