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.
During U.S. Marines invasion of Peleliu. Sign board 'Save Fresh Water' aboard ship. United States Marines bathe and eat. Marines work on and inside the ship. Soldier with headphones speaks over mouthpiece. Landing Crafts loaded with Marines moves towards Peleliu Island, Palau. Troops and tanks advance towards Japanese held positions on the Island. Marines fire rifles, Machine guns, rocket launchers, Howitzers and Mortars. Explosions on Peleliu Island. (World War II period).
During U.S. Marines invasion of Peleliu. View of watch on Marine's wrist that reads 8:30AM. United States Marine corps aboard Landing Craft advance towards Peleliu Island, Palau. Marines head towards Japanese enemy. Heavy bombarding on the Island. Aircraft flies over the Island. Marine fires rifle. Dead Japanese soldiers on ground. M-4 Sherman tanks advance. (World War II period).
U.S. Marines of the First Division, engage fortified Japanese defenders on on Peleliu Island,in World War II. U.S. Marine using a flame thrower to flush Japanese defenders out of underground bunker. Riflemen stand ready and fire, hitting one trying to escape. A marine firing a Pack Howitzer. Marines running across the beach, when one is hit by Japanese gunfire and falls. Another Marine bending over him. Explosion with white smoke next to two Marines. Three Marines carrying one wounded on a litter. Many dead marines lie covered on a beach and others fingerprint them. Marines running with a wounded comrade on a stretcher. Two help another walk and one carries a wonded buddy over his shoulder. Marines carry wounded on stretchers to landing craft for evacuation to the hospital ship, USS Samaritan (AH-10) offshore. View of Higgins boats from the USS Leedstown (APA-56) lined up alongside the ship bringing casualties from shore. View on deck of the Samaritan as litters are hoisted up and received by the staff. Surgeons at work in the hospital ship operating theater.
During U.S. Marines invasion of Peleliu and Angaur. Soldiers of 81st Army Division in Landing Crafts en route to Angaur Island, Palau. Marines head towards the beach. Japanese snipers in sunken boats offshore at Peleliu are shelled. U.S. Marines shot down by sniper. Sign board reads CIC (Combat Information Center). Marines fire machine guns at Japanese enemy. Dead Japanese soldiers on ground. Wounded Marines placed on litter and assisted to walk. (World War II period).
Soldiers of 81st Army Division in Landing Crafts en route to Peleliu Island, Palau. Japanese sniper in sunken boats offshore is shelled. Aircraft strafes and bombs over the Island. Marine fire at Japanese enemy with rifles, flame throwers, rocket launchers, hand grenades,tanks. Wounded and dead Marines are evacuated under enemy fire. (World War II period).
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