USS Hornet (CV-16) battles enemy planes in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Aft forward of a DD (destroyer) underway. Hornet fires antiaircraft guns in the background. Flak bursts overhead. Two motored Japanese plane falls burning into sea. Explosion on a CV (Aircraft Carrier) underway, smoke billows up. Tracer fire is directed towards Japanese plane overhead.
U.S. attack on Japanese convoy underway at sea in Pacific Theater during World War II. U.S. Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers in flight. Japanese merchant ship afire. Smoke rises from explosion on ship. Bomb hits can be seen near starboard bow.
U.S. Navy planes fly over island in Pacific Theater during World War II. U.S. Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers in flight. Island in the background. TBM in flight over island.
Four U.S. soldiers visit a small military cemetery in Pacific Theater. Wood crosses and a Star of David are seen. A soldier, with shoulder patch of the U.S. 33rd Division. kneels down and places something at one cross. The soldiers look at a monument with sign on it reading: "Lest we Forget! Every liberty we enjoy has been bought at the cost of martyr's blood." (World War II period).
U.S. submarine Batfish on war patrol in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A periscope view from USS Batfish (SS-310) shows Japanese mountainous coastline.
Rescue of U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bomber crew in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Men in a lifeboat taken aboard the American submarine, USS Batfish (SS-310). An airplane circling overhead. The crew of the B-29 in the life boat being rescued at sea. Injured crewman of B-29 being helped aboard USS Batfish. Injured airman strapped to a board being lowered aboard the submarine. Hatch of the submarine being secured. Wounded airmen being transferred in stretchers from USS Batfish to a motor launch. Red Cross-marked boats with wounded men shove off.