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U.S. Task Force Light Cruisers shell Vila air strip at Kolombangara Island.
USS Honolulu (CL-48) and other Light Cruisers fire at Kolombangara Island. CL (Light Cruiser) underway at a sea. Sailors aboard the USS Honolulu (CL-48) clean 6 inch guns. Stern of the USS Honolulu. Several CLs underway. SBD Dauntless aircraft flies low over water. Three CLs underway. 5 inch gun fired from the USS Honolulu. CLs fire guns. Flak overhead. (World War II period).
United States sailors aboard the USS Honolulu (CL-48), off Kolombangara Island.
USS Honolulu (CL-48) and other Light Cruisers fire at Kolombangara Island in the Pacific. Baker's flag on the USS Honolulu CL-48. SOC Seagull aircraft catapulted from it. CL (Light Cruiser) underway in background. A sailor looks out of the turret. The sailor looks through binoculars. Signal flags on the CL. The SOC approaches. Sailors on deck of the USS Honolulu. View of the nearby USS Helena (CL-50) underway as part of the task force. Sailors on the deck of the USS Honolulu. One sailor gets a hair cut. A sailor operating a film movie camera on a tripod, positioned above the gun turret. (World War II period).
U.S. forces prepare for mission to shoot down Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on Bougainville Island in WW2 Operation Vengeance
Opening slate reads, “Sensational War Films YAMAMOTO SHOT DOWN! South Pacific”. Image of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, in full navy regalia. Another image of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, in black navy uniform. United States soldiers riding a military jeep wave at the camera as their jeep drives in Guadalcanal Island during World War II. United States Army Air Force airmen are posing in front of a fighter for a camera. Airmen shake hands with each other. Airmen are talking to each other, with a fighter behind them. Three airmen laugh facing the camera. The camera pans to identify the airmen Lieutenant Besby Holmes, Captain Tom Lanphier and Lieutenant Rex T. Barber. A radio operator tapping out morse code on radio equipment. Japanese airmen receiving orders. A Japanese bomber with engines running. United States airmen run to their fighters. Airmen working on an engine and fueling aircraft to prepare for a mission. Airmen sitting on a bench listening to an officer pointing to a board. The officer, in sunglasses, points to a map titled “Target for Today”. Closeup of map, “Target for Today.” United States soldier smokes a cigarette.
Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) ships at Rendova beach area in Pacific Theater during Battle of Munda.
Two Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) ships at Rendova beach area in Pacific Theater during Battle of Munda. Men unload from LCI. Men debark from LCI ships with materials. Troops working at grove. Troops in grove advance with packs. Men in camouflage suits play cards. Men advance with supplies. (World War II period).
Troops and ambulances at Rendova beach area in Pacific Theater during Battle of Munda.
Rendova beach area in Pacific Theater during Battle of Munda. Planes overhead. Deck of Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) ships. A view of the shore. Four planes in formation. A small ship. Corpsmen take stretcher from ambulance. Corps help walking wounded into ambulance. Stretcher loaded into ambulance. Men and ambulances. (World War II period).
Shore of Guadalcanal Island in Pacific Theater during Battle of Munda.
Shore of Guadalcanal Island in Pacific Theater during Battle of Munda.. Small rafts seen. Plane in flight. Men aboard on Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) ships. Ramps lowered and troops debark the LCI -323. Shallow surf in background. Troops debark LCI -328 and wade in water. File of men carry equipment down the LCI ramp. Jeep is pulled out from the mud. (World War II period).