American strike over Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Cape Engano (part of Battle of Leyte Gulf) in World War II. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. who is the Commander of U.S. Third Fleet writes a message for Commander of 7th Fleet Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid. An officer studies a map. Animation depicts the course taken by Task Force 38. Animation depicts night radar search made by American forces and detection of an enemy ship. A ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Animation depicts the movement of Task Force 38 and Task Force 34. A U.S. night search airplane lands due to engine problems. An aircraft in flight. Bombs being carried on tow dollies. Bombs being loaded in aircraft. The aircraft take off from an carrier. A man gives a signal. U.S. aircraft in flight. Admiral William Halsey, Jr with others stands on the ship deck. Animation depicts contact of the Commander of the 3rd Fleet with the Commander of the 7th Fleet and the change in course of enemy movement. Japanese ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. aircraft launch an attack on the Japanese ships. Aircraft drop bombs on the ships. An aircraft catches fire and plunges in water. A strike coordinator in an aircraft. Animation depicts Japanese ships being bombed and damaged. Japanese aircraft carriers Zuiho and Zuikaku are attacked by American forces. U.S. aircraft drop torpedoes on Japanese ships. Japanese fighter aircraft shot down. Animation depicts American air attack on Japanese ships.
American strike over Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Cape Engano of World War 2 (part of Battle of Leyte Gulf). Animation depicts Commander of 7th Fleet Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid sending a signal that Task Force 77 has been attacked by Japanese forces. Animation depicts Commander of U.S. Third Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. directing Task Force 38.1 to aid Task Force 77. Animation depicts Task Force 38.1 attacking Japanese forces. A Japanese soldier studies radar readings. Animation depicts Japanese forces diverting as Task Force 38.1 approaches. Animation depicts damaged Northern force. Animation depicts Task Force 37 and 38.2 proceeding towards the south and the other Task Forces continuing the attack. Animation depicts the division of Task Force 34. Officers work on the plan. Animation depicts Japanese forces dividing their task force into two groups. Aircraft in flight. Japanese carriers bombed. Japanese aircraft carrier Zuiho sinking.
Conclusions of the Battle of Leyte Gulf of World War II in the Pacific Ocean. Aerial view of Japanese ships being attacked by a U.S. Task Force. Naval guns being fired from the battleships. A U.S. aircraft takes off from a carrier. The aircraft in flight. Ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Sailors on the decks of ships look skywards. A sailor looks through binoculars. Animation depicts Japanese plan of attack, division of Japanese and U.S. forces and American plan of attack. Aircraft in flight. Sailors stand by naval guns, ready to fire ,including an African American U.S. Navy sailor. A sailor observes through binoculars. Battleships underway in ocean. Officers study maps and communicate with each other. The battleships underway during the battle.
American robot bombs, America's answer to the German V-1 buzzbomb, being prepared in Dearborn, Michigan during World War 2. War production workers in armament factory weld bomb casing at Ford robot bomb factory. The workers move long tube like bombs with jet engines. They are known by nickname "Flying Chimney". The flying bombs on wheels. Men with ear protection in a testing area as the engines are fired during testing. Buildings in the background. Flame shooting from the jet engines. Workers including some women assemble the bombs at a plant in Toledo, Ohio, where wings and warheads are also built. A woman war production worker lying inside the body of a robot bomb and working on its assembly. The bombs take off from a launch pad in a gully at an Army Air Force test site. A booster cuts loose from the American Robot Bomb and hits water at a distance as the buzz bomb flies through the air, with an estimate 200 mile range. The bombs in flight. The booster hits water.
Japanese American Division citations in France during World War II. United States Army General John Ernest Dahlquist presents citations to 442nd Infantry Regiment Combat team. Troops salute and stand at attention. The troops stand holding the American flag. They march and assemble for the presentation ceremony. The soldiers are decorated with Bronze Star Medals.
Several sequences related to World War 2 Normandy invasion, not all in chronological order. U.S. soldiers with tents encamped between military vehicles parked close together on deck of a Landing ship tank (LST). Higgins boats are seen on davits. Soldiers sleeping under tarps on deck. Sailors in lookout perch; one operating signal lamp. American flag flying from mast. Scene shifts to landing craft at an inlet. U.S. LST-310 moves past at low speed; a white diamond painted on her hull. Two small empty landing craft, each driven by a single sailor,seen keeping pace with the LST. Change in sequence: The LST raising her anchor via capstan. Chain moving up through hawsepipe. Another view of her deck crowded with men and vehicles. The LST maneuvers close to LST 310 and then proceeds away past other anchored assault craft.Landing craft-856 is seen. Deck of the LST, with Naval Jack flying from mast. Sailors raising anchor. The LST moves past breakwater and low fortifications. Landing Ship Tank, LST-310, with white diamond on her hull, moving past camera.Numerous other large landing craft in the harbor. View of several large transport ships.A U.S. LST, marked with white diamond on hull,moving very slowly. Higgins boats in the water.
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