U.S. marines departing Guadalcanal as they are relieved by U.S. Army troops of the 23rd Infantry Division. They board landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP), aka Higgins boats, of the USS Neville (AP-16). Two of the marines scrambles aboard one of the boats as its ramp is almost closed. View of marines packed aboard the LCVP as it gets underway. Two transport ships are anchored in the background. The most distant one is the USS Neville (AP-16). Scene shifts to beach crowded with departing marines and Higgins boats. Closeup of a marine holding a cigarette while eating a sandwich, and another with a bandage on his forehead. Numerous views of the beach crowded with marine; palm trees overhead; higgins boats departing to the USS Neville, and two transport ships anchored in the background. Closeups of marines on shore waiting for more Higgins boats to transport them. Scene changes to U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General William Rupertus, Assistant Commander, 1st Marine Division; U.S. Army Major General Alexander Patch, Commander, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal Division) and U.S. Army Brigadier General Edmund Sebree, his Assistant Commander, posing for the camera as they ostensibly discuss a map. They shake hands with each other. General Sebree exchanges salutes with General Rupertus, and they all walk away. Next, the three generals pose for closeups. Film ends showing columns of marines moving along the sides of a road cut through a forest of palm trees.
U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonels in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Two U.S. officers sit and talk at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. Two Marines clean grease from fuselage of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) SBD Dauntless dive bomber parked on Henderson Field. USAAF PBY Catalina flying boat parked. USMC (United States Marine Corps) Lt. Col. (Lieutenant Colonel) Cooley and Lt. Col. Moret stand, sandbags in the background. American flag flies above headquarters.
U.S. Marine Corps officers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. USMC (United States Marine Corps) Lieutenant General Louis E. Woods, USMC Brigadier General L.H.M. Sanderson, USMC General Christian Frank Schilt study map and talk together outside command headquarters. Officer walks along a jungle road. EM (Enlisted Man) walks toward shack in the background. Officer converse outside command headquarters.
Japanese air attack on United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific during World War II. Men hose down deck of carrier. Japanese plane burns on flight deck of the same carrier. Men throw dead Japanese pilot over board. Men hose deck of carrier, large hole on flight deck. CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier) underway in the background.
Japanese air attack on United States aircraft carrier (USS Intrepid, CV-11, or USS Essex, CV-9) underway in the Pacific during World War II. U.S. Navy planes land on deck of ship. 40 mm gun crew operates a gun. Flak bursts in air. Japanese plane passes overhead. Japanese plane dives and crashes on deck of aircraft carrier. Explosion and debris seen flying overhead of camera. Flames rises from Japanese plane on deck. Fire fighting crew hose down wreckage of plane and deck of carrier.
Japanese air attack on United States Carrier Division 25 CVE underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. United States Navy F6F Hellcat fighters land on deck of CVE. Japanese planes pass amidst hail of antiaircraft fire.
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