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U.S. troops make amphibious assault on Makin Island, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific during World War II
U.S. Army troops from elements of the 27th Infantry Division, clamber down a rope net over the side of the Attack Cargo Ship, USS Alcyone (AKA-7) and board her landing craft for an amphibious assault on Makin Island, during World War 2 in the Pacific. Views of Higgins Boats (landing craft) underway, some from the USS Leonard Wood (APA-12). Explosions on the shore from Naval bombardment. View from inside a packed landing craft approaching the shore. Gunfire from U.S. Naval warships offshore. Various views of the landing craft underway. An aircraft flying close over the water in the background. A wounded person being hoisted aboard one of the transport ships. Heavy black smoke rising from Naval gunfire striking the shore. A line of landing craft. View from front of a landing craft about to hit the beach. U.S. troops wading ashore.
U.S. Army troops advance through jungle on Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, in World War II
Battle of Makin Island, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. U.S. Army troops, of the 27th Infantry Division, pick their way through fallen trees and other jungle obstacles as they advance into Makin Island . Some take shelter behind a Japanese-built barricade. One soldier reports on a walkie talkie radio.
U.S. Army troops make amphibious assault on Makin Island in World War II
A flotilla of U.S. landing craft, filled with U.S. Army troops from the 27th Infantry Division approach the beach at Japanese-held Makin Island during World War 2. Some of the landing craft (Higgins boats) are from the Attack Transport ship, USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) and others are from the USS Calvert (APA-32). A Benson-Livermore class (AKA Benson-Gleaves class) Destroyer is visible offshore. As the landing craft beach, the troops wade ashore, with difficulty, through hip-deep water, in places. Back on one of the transport ships, sailors lower a bulldozer for transport to the beach. They also lower rolls of matting over the side. These cargoes are seen at the beachhead, as well as a Sherman tank moving through the surf onto the rocky shore.
U.S. Army troops occupying Makin Island during World War II
A column of U.S. Army troops from elements of the 27th Infantry Division, make their way through destroyed Japanese structures on Makin Island, during World War 2. They patrol through jungles and engage in fire fights with Japanese defenders. One U.S. Army soldier carries a wounded soldier on his back. U.S. troops occupy an area of thatched roof huts. U.S. Army M3 Lee medium tanks moving across the sand. A wrecked Japanese ship in the surf. More views of U.S. M3 Lee tanks firing at the wrecked ship. U.S. aircraft bombing Japanese ships near the shore.
A periscope view of the explosion on a Japanese submarine after being hit by a torpedo in the Pacific Ocean.
Japanese submarine I-203 torpedoed by USS Caiman (SS-323) in the Pacific Ocean, as part of a live-fire exercise, post World War 2. A periscope view of the Japanese submarine underway. A huge explosion and the Japanese submarine sinks.
A loader checking and cleaning a gun of an M4 medium tank in the United States.
A training film depicts the workings of M4 tanks during World War 2. A M-4 Sherman tank in a field in the United States. Interior of the tank. A gun loader working inside. He checks a gun and watches through the gun barrel. He cleans the gun and gun shells. The loader watches through a periscope lens.
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