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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.
Chaplains approach the stone marker and look at the grave on the Solomon island in Melanesia.
A grave on the Solomon island, Melanesia. Chaplains arrive near the grave. A tent near the grave. The chaplains approach the stone marker. They look at the grave.
The SPARS work in cooperation with the Coast Guardsmen and an enemy submarine is sunk by depth charges in the Pacific Ocean.
A film on the Coast Guardsmen and United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS). Depicts how SPARS release men for combat and help them. U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard ship. The SPARS seated at desk at the Coast Guard station and working. The Coast Guardsmen and SPARS work in cooperation. Women serving as secretaries, messengers and office machine operators. The Coast Guardsmen embarking a ship. The ship underway at sea in the Pacific Ocean. Airplanes in flight overhead. The Coast Guardsmen firing guns. An enemy submarine is sunk by depth charges. Smoke from explosion. (World War II period).
Men working to take out a B-17E which crashed while taking off and got stuck in a ditch in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
A United States Army Air Forces B-17E Flying Fortress taken out from a ditch in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. The Flying Fortress named 'Galloping Gus' stuck in the ditch while taking off. Men working near the airplane to take it out. They try to lower the wheels of the airplane on a trailer bed. A bridge is made from steel mats. The airplane is towed out of the ditch.
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