Three United States Marines walk down the street in Tacloban City. Civilians on the street. Military ship on the streets. Marines cross the unpaved street. Marines pass in front of a building marked 'Restaurant'. Army MP (Military Police) directs traffic in front of the building. Sightseers bargain for souvenirs. Native men hold up a string of a fish for a Marine's inspection. A Marine draws a cup of water from lister bag.
U.S. 3rd Battalion 1st Marines advance through Yasusu village in Okinawa. Tank atop a hill. Tanks fire from top of hill. Marines with packs on moving up through ravine. Bombs explode in a field in background. Mortar barrage explodes on ridge. Smoke belching forth from strikes. Marines move up towards Kings Ridge and Sugar Loaf Hill. Marines behind embankment, communications post in foreground. Marines run along the road at the back of ridge. (World War II period).
U.S. 3rd Battalion 1st Marines advance through Yasusu village in Okinawa. A Marine throws smoke grenade at Japanese position at embankment. White phosphorous grenade explosions. Marines come back after taking cover behind small embankment, marines running at high port. They move over crest of hill.
U.S. 3rd Battalion 1st Marines advances during mop up of Yasusu village in Okinawa. Shows white phosphorous explosions on hill. Tanks fire in the background. (World War II period).
Napalm bombs, improvised from wing fuel tanks, installed under wing of a P-47 from U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) 318th Fighter Group, on Aslito airfield (Isley field) during the Tinian campaign of World War II in the Pacific. Airman fastening improvised napalm bomb under wing of the P-47 aircraft. Ground crews drop off 55gallon drums of fuel beside a P-47 and fasten a fueling hose to them. They pump napalm and gasoline, into the 165gallon suspended wing tanks (bombs) creating, gel gas,. Ground crewman shows a sample of the rubbery gel gas. After fueling them, the crewmen fasten detonators into the napalm bombs.
Bombing of Rekata bay (near Munda and Guadalcanal in the South Pacific) during August 24th 1943. U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers of the 13th Army Air Forces in flight at a high altitude over the bay. Bombers drop bombs on Japanese targets at Rekata bay. (World War II period).
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