The role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War 2. A beach on the Philippine island of Mindanao. U.S. aircraft in flight over the coastline. Signal Officer Lieutenant Leon Tinnell works at the Signal Headquarters. He talks on the radio receiver. He radios a message to U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters reporting on movement of Japanese troops. U.S. aircraft take off for a mission against the Japanese troops. They drop bombs on Japanese ships. Smoke from fire due to the explosions. A U.S. submarine near a battleship at sea. U.S. Navy sailors aboard the ship and the submarine. Wounded and sick officers and soldiers including Lt. Tinnell are transferred from the submarine onto the ship. Soldiers carry a comrade on a stretcher. Landing crafts approach an island in the Philippines. General MacArthur and Allied troops land at Leyte Island on October 20, 1944. They leave the crafts off shore and wade through the water towards the beach. Signal Corps officers record the event as General MacArthur and the others make their way inland.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 15 April 1944: Lieutenant General JN Mcelroy of the 355th Fighter Group 358th Squadron attacks ground targets. He strafes an airdrome and a train. Smoke due to the bombardment and firing. An aircraft on the ground. Black smoke rises up into the air.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 18 April 1944: 1st Lieutenant DW Howe of the 4th Fighter Group 334th Squadron attacks ground targets. The aircraft in flight over hills and fields. He strafes an airdrome. Black smoke from various targets. German aircraft parked at the airdrome. He attacks a German cargo bomber and fighter aircraft. Smoke all around due to the strafing.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 18 April 1944: 2nd Lieutenant JF Scott of the 4th Fighter Group 334th Squadron attacks ground targets. The aircraft in flight over fields. 2nd Lt. Scott strafes a German locomotive. Smoke rises due to the strafing. He attacks German aircraft at an airdrome.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 18 April 1944: Colonel DJM Blakeslee of the 4th Fighter Group 335th Squadron attacks ground targets. He strafes a German locomotive factory. A locomotive on fire amidst trees. He attacks a parked German aircraft at an airdrome. The wrecked aircraft on fire.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 18 April 1944: 2nd Lieutenant O.F. La Jeunesse of the 4th Fighter Group 336th Squadron attacks ground targets. He strafes crashed German aircraft on the ground. Smoke rises from the wrecked aircraft.
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