Fire fighting aboard a U.S. Landing Ship Tank (LST) in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War 2. Crewmen load handy-billies, axes & other fire fighting equipment from ATL-114 to LC(FF)-370. LST-1170 on fire due to a Japanese kamikaze suicide attack. Many small boats surrounding the LST try to douse the fire using fire hoses. Men pass cans of foamite up towards fire fighting foamite generator. On the bridge of the LC (FF) an officer directs the fire fighting. A hose with a fog nozzle attached to it is passed across to assist fire fighting crew. Foam generator nozzle pours foam down a ventilator. Fire damage on the boat deck of the LST.
German prisoners aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Coast Guard enlisted men teaches a group of German POWs (Prisoners of War) how to tie knots in a line. Several German POWs in uniform paint the deck of USS Wakefield (AP-21). A CG sentry, wearing a uniform and a guard belt and carrying a rifle, is seen in the background. German POWs paint a stanchion on the deck of the Wakefield. The POWs bend over while painting the deck.
German prisoners aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Interior: head and shoulders of a Coast Guard enlisted man with earphones. Head and shoulders of a German POW. He has a German "Iron Cross" on his chest. Head and shoulders of this German prisoner with a Luftwaffe insignia. Several German POWs in uniform on the deck of Wakefield. They stand close together near the railings of the ship. Four German POWs converse together. Most of them have Luftwaffe wings on their chest. Two German prisoners. Two young POWs leaning against a bulkhead on the deck. German POWs in uniform. A German prisoner smokes a pipe. The prisoners sitting and standing on the deck of Wakefield.
German prisoners aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. A chow line on the ship with German prisoners coming with their trays and cups. They walk out of the line after receiving their chow.
German prisoners go aboard USS Wakefield at a dock on the the Atlantic coast during World War II Several prisoners wheel a large cart across a dock followed by three U.S. Army Military Policemen ( MPs). Carts are loaded with luggage. The prisoners carry the luggage up the gangway of USS Wakefield. An army officer inspects tags on the luggage on the dock. Several prisoners with luggage coming up the gangway.
German prisoners aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean. A German prisoner with an Iron Cross and the Luftwaffe insignia of the Luftwaffe Air Corps eats chow at a mess table in a mess hall aboard the ship. A German prisoner's chest shows an Iron Cross and the Luftwaffe insignia. A prisoner spoons something into his mouth and takes a bite of a slice of bread. (World War II period).
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