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Recovery of wounded U.S. marines during amphibious assault on Peleliu, Palau Islands, in World War II

A DUKW speeds toward the USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) in World War 2. It is seen tied up alongside with several wounded Marines aboard. Crewmen and Marines carry the wounded aboard the McKinley on litters (stretchers).

Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022862
U.S. Navy task force attacks Japanese-held Peleliu, Palau Islands, during World War II

Scenes from U.S. Office of War Information film called, "Fury in the Pacific." Clouds silhouetted at sunset or sunrise, over Peleliu Island, as seen from a ship during World War 2. View of Japanese airfield at Peleliu, from U.S. reconnaissance airplane flying overhead. U.S. Navy ordnance crewman wheels a 500 lb bomb, on a dolley, across the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Other "red shirts" load a 500 pound bombs on an F6F aircraft. Marines loading machine gun belt ammunition into an airplane. Pilots scrambling across the flight deck to their aircraft. Engines starting on a large group of Navy F6F aircraft on the carrier deck. F6Fs taking off from carrier. SB2C Hellcat taking off. View back from tail of aircraft showing Essex-class carrier behind. Formations of SB2Cs and F6Fs in flight headed toward Peleliu. View from air of the Japanese airfield. Smoke rising from the ground. Formation of U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers of the Far Eastern Air Force, in flight overhead. Pilot and copilot in cockpit of a B-24. Navigator at his station. Aerial view of B-24 formation. Waist gunner manning gun in B-24. Bombardier in nose. Bombs falling away and striking all over the Japanese airfield. Anchors being weighed on warship. Sailors in control room of a U.S. warship. View of two New Mexico class battleships, one in camouflage. Three U.S. battleships in single file. the closest carries two Curtiss SOC Seagull scout planes. Sailors cleaning barrel of a war ship's gun. Glimpses of warships and transport ships of the invasion convoy.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022962
United States 81st Infantry Division troops set off explosives and burn Japanese foxholes in Angaur, Palau Islands (WW2)

Animated map shows arrow pointing to Blue Beach on Angaur Island during World War II. United States soldiers, probably with the 321st regiment, 81st Infantry Division, hunker down on the beach. Burned trees and debris on the ground. A soldier tucks in his shirt. Soldiers advance slowly, with one of them using a flamethrower to burn a Japanese position. A fighter flies over an advancing amphibious tracked vehicle. Aerial view showing landing craft at Red Beach. Demolition teams carry satchel charges to Japanese foxholes. Explosion of satchel charge. Sign hanging reads “CIC” (Combat Intelligence Center). Soldiers waiting for Japanese soldiers to come out of hole. Soldiers shooting at Japanese positions with machine guns and flamethrowers at the same time. Smoke rises from the body of a dead Japanese soldier.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080162
Allied troops land on a beach and administer first aid to wounded in Palau during World War II.

Allied invasion of Palau Islands during World War II. A coast under bombardment as smoke rises. Shells splash among landing crafts near a beach. Allied troops aboard a Landing Craft Vehicle wait for a signal. Medics administer blood plasma to a wounded on the beach. Wounded soldiers being carried on litters. A corpsman administers first aid and records information.

Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057690
U.S. Marines rest on a beach in Palau during World War II.

Allied invasion of Palau Islands during World War II. Marines on a beach. A Marine strings a wire in the foreground at the beach. The Marines march towards the front. They rest on a beach. A 40 mm anti aircraft gun placed behind a sandbag mound. A Landing Vehicle Tracked in shallow waters after being knocked out in Japanese firing.

Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057691
U.S. Marines load wounded onto an LVT for evacuation in Palau during World War II.

Allied invasion of Palau Islands during World War II. A Marine helps a wounded as they move past a tank. A wounded Marine on a litter being carried away. Litter wounded being loaded aboard a Landing Vehicle Tracked ( LVT ). The Marines load ammunition in the LVT for transfer to the front. A Marine arms a tank. A Marine digs in for the night.

Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057692