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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
Wounded U.S. Marines are transferred to an LVT and men see bombardment while seated near a Bofors 40 mm gun in Peleliu.

The invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Wounded U.S. marines lying on stretchers on a beach are given first aid. Wounded men are shifted to a Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT). Men loaded on a crane. Bulldozers level a road. Men sit near a Bofors 40 mm gun, an anti-aircraft auto cannon. Men see the bombardment.

Date: 1944, September 16
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067129
U.S. officials aboard AGC (Auxiliary General Communications) underway during World War II invasion of Peleliu, Palau.

U.S. army officials aboard a ship underway during World War II invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands. Interiors of U.S. AGC (Auxiliary General Communications) show NBC reporter Robert Ewing broadcasting to United States. Ewing meets Major General Roy S. Geiger, U.S. Marine Corps General Holland Smith, Admiral Theodore Wilkinson, and Admiral George Hudson Fort.

Date: 1944, September 11
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074867
U.S. transports, destroyer escort, and LST (Landing Ship, Tank) underway during World War II invasion of Peleliu.

U.S. task force ships head for invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. U.S. sailor signals blinker aboard ship. AP (Transport Ship) and LSD (Landing Ship, Dock) underway. APs in convoy, one signals blinker. Navy signalman signals semaphore from ship. DE (Destroyer Escort) approaches. Convoy of APs in the background.

Date: 1944, September 11
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074868
U.S. DE (Destroyer Escort) transfers guards mail via breeches buoy during World War II invasion of Peleliu, Palau.

U.S. task force ships head for invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Navy signalmen on signal bridge hoist signal flags. DE (Destroyer Escort) approaches and transfers guards mail via breeches buoy. Convoy of APs (Transport Ships) in the background.

Date: 1944, September 11
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074869