U.S. soldiers in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers going ashore in a raft. A U.S. soldier uses a telephone on a beach. A man climbs up a pole to rig a pulley. American flag is raised. A soldier stands near a building. Soldiers sit outside a building.
U.S. submarine Batfish on war patrol in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A periscope view from USS Batfish (SS-310) shows Japanese mountainous coastline.
Rescue of U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bomber crew in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Men in a lifeboat taken aboard the American submarine, USS Batfish (SS-310). An airplane circling overhead. The crew of the B-29 in the life boat being rescued at sea. Injured crewman of B-29 being helped aboard USS Batfish. Injured airman strapped to a board being lowered aboard the submarine. Hatch of the submarine being secured. Wounded airmen being transferred in stretchers from USS Batfish to a motor launch. Red Cross-marked boats with wounded men shove off.
A Japanese light cruiser underway in heavy seas, with her bow plunging and deck awash, during World War 2. Two Japanese crewmen look through binoculars and telescope on the bridge. Frozen deck showing ice-covered lifelines and anchor chain. Crewmen wearing cold weather gear break ice from the deck and a gun mount.
Animated map shows Northern Pacific with line from Japan to the Aleutians and thence to the West coast of the United States. View zooms in on the Aleutian Islands. View, from Japanese transport ship, of several Japanese warships underway in Northern Pacific ocean during World War 2. Japanese Naval officer steering in the wheelhouse of the ship. A light cruiser and two more warships in a column. A company of Japanese marines receive instructions from an officer and board a landing craft.View of marines in landing craft, underway, with their rifles resting on the gunnels.
Japanese No. 3 Special Landing Party of 500 Imperial Marines are seen landing and proceeding inland on Kiska, Aleutian Islands. They carry the rising sun flag. They are seen searching two captured Americans from the U.S. Naval Weather Detachment. The rising sun flag is seen in right foreground. The Japanese troops continue walking across the island. Buildings of the weather detachment seen in background.The Japanese troops assemble in formations near the weather detachment buildings as their commander addresses them. A Japanese Type 97, 4EFB (Mavis) flying boat seen taxiing into the bay and being tended by Small boats. (Reportedly, the Tail code "O" identifies the seaplane's unit as Taiwan-based Toko-tai, also active in Solomon islands.)
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