The U.S. Cruiser, USS Chester prepares to catapult a scout plane. An OS2U Kingfisher float plane OS2O Kingfisher on a catapult. U.S. sailors on the deck. Guns mounted on the deck in the background. A pilot in a the cockpit. The float plane is catapulted and makes a low pass by the ship. An island in the background. Several U.S. warships are seen including an Amphibious Force Command Ship (AGC).
Japanese air attack on U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Smoke rises from a burning ship in the background. Flight deck personnel on carrier. Planes parked on deck of a carrier in the foreground. Large column of smoke rises from a burning carrier in the background. Smoke rises from USS Hancock (CV-19) underway. Cleveland class CL (Light Cruiser) underway. Column of smoke rises from a ship in the background.
Dramatic views of a ship in flames at sea on a dark night in World War 2.. (Possibly photographed from a surfaced submarine.) As fire consumes the ship, it slowly sinks. Afterwards, emergency flares are seen in the night sky.
A freighter underway on horizon. Large columns of smoke arise as the freighter explodes.
United States Marines being transferred to United States LSV-2 in the Pacific Ocean for landings on Japan during World War II. The marines with landing party gear on the flight deck of United States ship Cowpen underway in the Pacific Ocean. A marine puts apples in a knapsack. The marines load .45 pistol clips. A marine with a monkey mascot on his arm as others look on. A monkey on a mortar. The marines at quarters for muster on the flight deck. They put on their battle equipment.
Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. Wake Island on map. Formal Surrender of Japanese garrison on island. Marine officers at Wake Island. Flag raising ceremonies and wreckage of planes on islands. Officers present include USMC General Sanderson, Commander Cross, Commander Masek, Lieutenant Colonel Roberson, and Commander Walter Bayler (who had been the last American to leave Wake Island before its takeover by Japanese forces in December 1941).