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Battle of Empress Augusta Bay: United States Task Force Division 46 and Division 45 advance towards Japanese enemy target.
Artistic rendition: Diagram shows United States Destroyer Division 46 firing torpedoes at the Japanese enemy ships. Explosions as the enemy positions are hit. Task Force Division 46 and Division 45 ships advance towards the enemy target. The radar show friendly planes in range. Note shows results of the battle. (World War II period).
Burning American oil supply dump at Puruata Island in Bougainville.
Shows a burning American oil supply dump destroyed in a Japanese air raid at Puruata Island in Empress Augusta Bay,Bougainville. American troops of the 37th Division put off the fire using water hoses. A bombed 90mm American gun position. (World War II period).
Bombing of Kahili Airdrome on Bougainville Island by U.S. AAF B-24 Liberators
Aerial views of the bombing of Kahili Airdrome on Bougainville Island. U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers in flight at a high altitude over the airdrome, dropping bombs. (World War II period).
U.S. personnel salvage a sunken LC (Landing Craft) in Purata Island.
U.S. salvage operations in Purata Island, Bougainville. PT (torpedo boat) boats and LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanized) at a beach. U.S. personnel salvage a sunken LC (landing Craft). A large active volcano in background. A small island with palm trees. Several LCMs tied up together.
U.S. Army Air Forces refueling operations and Seabee construction at Torokina Air Strip, Bougainville, during World War II
Military policeman standing guard in front of a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-40 aircraft, on the Torokina Air Strip, at Bougainville, in World War 2. A convoy of fuel trucks driving along edge of the airfield. A caterpillar tractor towing a large fuel tanker trailer. A fuel truck stops in front of a P-39 Airacobra and airmen begin to refuel its drop tank. Seabees unpack sections of pierced steel plank (Marsden Matting) and lay it down on the airstrip.
Bishop John Andrew Gregg meets wounded African American soldiers and tours an area in Port Moresby,New Guinea during World War II.
Bishop John Andrew Gregg visits African American troops in Port Moresby,New Guinea during World War II. Bishop John Andrew Gregg ,leader of the African Methodist Church arrives in Port Moresby. He gets out of his car. Soldiers greet and welcome him. Bishop tours the area. Mountains seen in the background. Bishop looks at men as they work. He waves at men and leaves the area. He meets wounded soldiers. Buildings in the background. He then interacts with the working men. Man shows a gas mask to the Bishop. Bishop wears gas mask. Bishop meets men loaded onto a tractor in a field.