USS Bunker Hill burns in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Thick black smoke rises from the ship as she burns. A destroyer escort in the background. Large columns of smoke and bursts of flame rise from the burning ship. USS Baltimore and the destroyer escort in the background.
Map highlights New York in United States and San Juan in Puerto Rico. Connection established between the two places. Baltimore and Miami also connected with San Juan. Map of Island of Puerto Rico. Boats at San Juan harbor. Buildings in background. A Pan American Airways Fokker F-10A trimotor passenger plane lands on airfield. Tourists deplane. A Sikorsky S-40 flying boat being tied up to a dock. Automobiles parked in streets of port city. Buildings in city. Traffic moves on street. Man looks down from balcony of building. Traffic in narrow streets. Cloudy sky as seen from seacoast.
United States Naval fleet off the coast of the Philippines during World War II. U.S. Marines climb over the side of cargo nets and into an LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). The marines go over the side of a ship into the LCVP. A four barrel 5" 38 caliber naval gun aboard a destroyer fires. A United States destroyer of Fletcher class bombards the coast. 5" 38 caliber naval gun fires. The destroyer bombards the beach. An LSMR (Landing Ship Medium, Rocket) fires rockets. Shells explode on the beach. A United States battleship of Nevada class camouflaged by Thayer method bombards the beach. 5 inch and 40 mm guns fire at the beach. Crew loads and fires a 3"50 caliber gun. Explosions occur. An LCS ( Landing Craft Support) near the beach. The destroyer of Fletcher class bombards the beach. Aircraft fly over the convoy of ships. Sky lookouts on the bridge of a ship. Camouflaged destroyer and a heavy cruiser of Baltimore class bombards the beach. Twin mounts on a cargo ship bombard the beach. A man with a long glass leans against a signal lamp towards the beach.
A U.S. naval Task Force, carrying troops and equipment in the Pacific, during World War 2. Infantry fill the deck of a transport ship. Closeup of some. A Benham class destroyer nearby. Closeup of the USS Buchanan (DD-484), a Gleaves-class destroyer, in camouflage, as it steams past the camera ship. Closeup of a Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft taking off from an aircraft carrier. A Navy Grumman F4F Wildcat airplane with engine running on a carrier deck. Another Douglas Dauntless plane taking off from a carrier. American aircraft circling to land on a carrier. Two Independence class light aircraft carriers underway. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft taking off from a carrier, as another is seen aloft in the background. Repeated earlier view of Grumman F4F on a carrier. A U.S. Colorado class battleship raising a large bow wave as it heads toward the camera ship. A Baltimore class heavy cruiser underway. Task force planning taking place aboard warships. Iowa class fast battleship. Alarm sounds aboard a warship and sailors respond to battle stations. Grumman TBF torpedo bomber aircraft take off from a U.S. Aircraft Carrier, and are seen later flying in formation. Gun camera footage from U.S. aircraft strafing Japanese warplanes parked on airfields and strafing Japanese supply ships. (One explodes). Gun camera footage from U.S. planes attacking Japanese ships and boats.
Interviews of the rescued U.S. prisoners of war at the 118th General Hospital in Leyte, Philippine islands during World War II. U.S. Navy man Walter Kane from Baltimore being interviewed regarding his experience as a prisoner. Walter Kane shares his experiences.
Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A task force, two patrol frigates and a Landing Craft Infantry at anchor. A heavy cruiser of Baltimore Class underway. The heavy cruiser is bombarding. Smoke rises from it. A Landing Ship Tank being anchored in the background. The deck of a ship in the foreground. A U.S. Navy personnel on the deck of the ship. He looks around and walks off. Another personnel wearing a helmet walks on the deck. He stands near a covered gun on the deck and looks on. The Landing Ship Tank and a landing craft in the background.
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