Fourth Marine Division in final stages of the battle for Iwo Jima in World War 2. Marines walking along a ridge on Iwo Jima. They pass remains of Japanese defensive positions in the rocky terrain. Closeup of Marine (identified as Denny Ray Leach, age 18) communicating via an SCR-300 walkie talkie radio. A line of marines walking carefully along the ridge on the lookout for lingering Japanese defenders.
American soldiers of 7th Division, 184th Infantry Regiment, Company-B, march past civilians standing on curbs of streets inf Kyongsong (Seoul) in South Korea, at the end of World War 2. Japanese policemen herd civilians onto curb.where they wait to view the parade. Two men hoist Korean National Flag on top of a building.American and Korean flags flutter on masts atop a tower. (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers pour sand into large metal barrels at an airbase in the Philippines. U.S. soldiers in a group. Some soldiers have buckets in their hands. Soldiers pours sand from buckets into barrels. Another soldier mixes by hand atop the barrel. A third soldier in each group moves a stirring arm on the barrel. Likely they are mixing concrete.
Gun camera film from Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of U.S. Army Air Forces 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group, showing strafing attacks in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, during final month of World War 2. The fighter attack various targets of opportunity along the coast. Camera continues filming as the aircraft flies into cloudy regions. View from aircraft flying downward along mountain slope to strafe seaside town. Pieces of building fly off as aircraft passes. Views from aircraft rolling side to side while firing. Clusters of buildings tucked in forests near coast.
Firemen try to extinguish the fire as a heavy bomber B-29 Superfortress of the U.S. Army Air Forces burns in the Mariana Islands. A crashed B-29 burns. Thick black smoke rises. Firemen try to douse the fire. (World War II period).
B-29 and P-51 planes of the U.S. Army Air Forces in the Mariana Islands. Two fighter planes P-51 Mustangs in flight. A lone P-51 plane flies over the airfield. A crashed P-51 plane on the ground. A truck and few soldiers stand near the crashed plane. A man holds a fire hose. A P-51 taxies and takes off. P-51 in flight. A bomber plane B-29 Superfortress taxies on the ground. (World War II period).