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U.S. task force underway for Peleliu (Palau) Invasion during World War II.
Opening slate reads LST 554, and date 8-13. Views of U.S. invasion task force vessels underway toward Peleliu Island (Palau), during World War 2. A 110 foot wooden Subchaser, number SC 633 is seen close, to starboard of camera boat (LST-554) and refueling lines are stretched between the LST and the Subchaser. Ensign Maynard K. Ross of Philadelphia, PA, directs the take-up of slack in the refueling lines while a Navy Commander on the LST bridge oversees the operation. (Note: SC 633 ended up running aground during the invasion.) Break in sequence and scene shifts to glimpse of slate reading August 20, 1944, and then view aft on LST 554. On the bridge, 21-year-old Ensign Charles Kahler, of Schenectady New York, uses a sextant to shoot sun lines. Another officer is seen taking relative bearings with a pelorus. Sailors are resting on deck. A series of splashes are created in the water by gunners testing their weapons. LST 557 is cruising to starboard. Puffs of black FLAK smoke appear overhead as antiaircraft weapons are tested.
Accidental fire destroys LSTs at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II.
An accident at the West Loch ammo pier in Pearl Harbor destroyed six LSTs on May 21, 1944, during World War 2. Immense smoke arises from the burning ships. Men file on muddy roads. A pile of shrapnel on the ground. A partly sunk Landing Ship Tank (LST) burning in the water and a DUKW sails out of its bow doors. Two LSTs burning fiercely give outdoor immense clouds of smoke. A fireboat approaches and sprays water on them. Sailors rush to put out fire at the harbor.
Bob Hope and his USO Troupe visit a U.S. Navy base on Mios Woendi island, Schouten Islands, Papua New Guinea, during World War II.
Bob Hope and members of his USO troupe ride on a PT boat during visit to entertain U.S. Navy personnel during World War 2. In opening scene, Bob Hope doffs his pith helmet as he strolls past the camera to climb aboard a PT boat (PT-331) of U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 21, where several naval officers greet him. Members of Hope's USO troupe, Patty Thomas, and Francis Langford, step from jeeps to board the PT boat. Next, the two are seen in the cockpit of the boat next to its captain, Lieutenant Kermit W. Montz, USNR, as the boat speeds along in the water. Among sailors occasionally glimpsed behind them is Radioman 1st Class bill Thielen. In change of scene, Bob Hope climbs out a hatch, holding onto his pith helmet to keep it from blowing off. The boat's number, 331 is clearly displayed on superstructure behind him. Various Navy sailors on deck. (Note: Squadron 21 received a Presidential Unit Citation for outstanding performance during the Huon Peninsula Campaign against Japanese forces from October 1943 to March 1944.)
United States 1st Infantry Division soldiers land at Normandy, France during D-Day invasion of France in World War II.
The role of United States 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) in various campaigns during World War II. Allied ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Soldier of United States 1st Infantry division practice an amphibious landing during training in England. Naval guns being fired on D-Day, June 6th , 1944. Troops of 1st Infantry Division climb down landing nets onto a landing craft. Soldiers land at Normandy Omaha beach in France on D-Day. Some soldiers drop to ground, shot crossing the beach. Troops move inland. Tanks being fired among hedge rows. Troops fire guns from dugouts and provide medical aid to a wounded soldier.
Governor Dewey being elected as the Presidential candidate at Republican party convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Republican national convention of 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. A banner in support of Governor Bricker of Ohio as a Republican Vice Presidential candidate. Pictures of Governor Thomas Dewey for the Presidential nomination. Representative Joseph Martin, Chairman of the Convention. Statesmen eat and discuss around a table before the convention. Wendell Willkie at desk. Cars outside the convention hall as people arrive. Delegates from various states across United States arrive at the convention. Newsmen at typewriters as they send out news about the convention. Cameramen record the proceedings at the convention. National Chairman Harrison E. Spangler opens the convention and invites Governor Earl Warren of California for delivering a keynote. Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York at desk as he is elected as the Republican Presidential candidate.
President Roosevelt signs the Servicemen's Readjustment Act as a center serves war veterans to return to a civilian lifestyle (WW2)
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 at the White House in Washington D.C. during World War II. President Roosevelt at desk as he signs the Servicemen's Readjustment Act. Officials stand in the background. President being greeted by the officials after he signs the bill. The act ensures free education, federal loans, job insurance for war veterans and soldiers. American soldiers enter a center helping the soldiers to adjust to civilian lifestyle. Soldiers getting a massage, read books in a library, draw sketches and work at a farm.
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