81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” mortar and artillery crews bombard Japanese positions at Suicide Hill during the Battle of Angaur in World War II. Artillery officers communicate and give orders through telephone and walkie-talkie. An M2 4.2-inch mortar firing as a crewman load shells into it. Explosion from mortar fire hitting Japanese positions. Artillery crew firing howitzer. Crewmen duck and cover their ears as mortar fire. Japanese positions are bombarded by mortar and artillery fire all day and night. Medics treat wounded patients the day after the bombardment. Medics lay down a stretcher carrying a soldier. They place another soldier on a stretcher. The medics carry the soldier away. Medics drive a Jeep carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. A wounded man being carried over by two soldiers. Soldiers resting outside a makeshift hospital. A doctor treats the wounds of 322nd Regimental Commander Colonel Benjamin W. Venable. Colonel Venable receives IV fluids Close view of IV fluid bottles hanging from ceiling. Medics carry Colenel Venable out of hospital.
Faces of United States 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” soldiers after the Battle of Angaur in World War II. A soldier smoking a cigarette. A tired soldier holding a rifle with bayonet. Soldier scoops food from GI ration and eats. A soldier chewing. A soldier sleeping at the foot of a tree. Medics dressing wounds of a heavily bandaged man. A young soldier eating while sitting on fallen tree trunk. An injured soldier with both eyes covered by bandages is led away. Soldier lying down. Medics evacuate injured patients. A soldier looks to the camera as medics treat his wounds. Soldiers sitting on top of a moving tank. Injured soldiers with dirty faces look to the camera. Logo that reads "Buy War Bonds--The Mighty 7th War Loan" superimposed over photo of the flag raising at Iwo Jima.
United States Army 7th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber “Hay Maker” (Serial Number 44-40729) takes off from Angaur airfield, Palau during World War II. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber with a black cow nose art takes off from the same airfield. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber “Shack Bunny” (Serial number: 44-40759) taking off from runway.
A United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber with unicorn nose art lands at Angaur airfield, Palau during World War II. Another United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber lands and taxis at Angaur Airfield runway. Its nose art depicts a reclining nude woman.
Shows United States Army Air Force cadets in formation and getting commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the USAAF at Mitchel Field.
Royal Canadian Air Force cadets arriving and in formation at Mitchel Field. Cadets examining P-40C aircrafts.
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