Life of U.S. soldiers in various theaters, operating under very difficult conditions during World War II. Soldiers take positions in dense woods and fire rifles during a combat operation. They run and advance in a battlefield. African American U.S. army soldiers load and fire an artillery piece. A planes crashes, but pilot's parachute is seen safely descending. B-26 hit by flak, bursts into flame, part of engine falls away and aircraft spirals out of control on fire. Aircraft shot out of sky by fighter from behind. Glider aircraft noses forward during landing and flips up in the air. Gun camera footage from a U.S. aircraft firing at another aircraft on the ground. The target aircraft explodes and the flying aircraft flys through the smoke and flame directly above it. Soldiers fire at the enemy during what appears to be a battle in the pacific region. Machine gunner directs fire at enemy, and repeatedly hits a corpse lying just in front of the gun emplacement. Marines fire on Japanese positions on a Pacific island. Ruined villages and burning huts are seen, with U.S. tanks passing by. Marines direct flamethrowers into wrecked buildings and fortifications. Close view of machine gun barrel from side, firing rounds. Soldiers during a combat battle in dense woods of varying terrain. Soldiers advancing during battle. Marines direct flamethrowers at targets ahead.
A U.S. Aircraft Carrier under attack by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft during World War 2 in the Pacific Ocean. US Navy Ship's gun crews fire anti aircraft guns. Kamikaze planes falling from the sky in flames. Dramatic footage as Kamikaze aircraft is struck and on fire, and passes just beside the ship and crashes into the water very close to the ship.
From "He Has Seen War", shows U.S. Army soldiers and Marines carrying�wounded for medical treatment. Wounded assisted to walk and others carried on stretchers. African American soldiers carry a wounded and bandaged African American soldier on a stretcher. Bandages and IV intravenous drugs administered to wounded by medical personnel. Wounded straggling into camps being carried by fellow soldiers. Wounded carried atop jeeps. Wounded flyer assisted in exiting aircraft and carried away on stretcher. Navy fighter plane missing its tail, lands on aircraft carrier and swerves over the side. Sailors rush to rescue injured pilot. Injured U.S. Army soldiers receive medical treatment and surgery in the field. Medic sews wound on a soldier's face. Blinded soldier with bandage over eyes is guided in to a camp by fellow soldiers. Wounded and dead being hoisted aboard landing crafts and then aboard larger ship.
From "He Has Seen War", scenes of badly disfigured dead bodies of Japanese and American soldiers killed on islands in the Pacific, during World War 2. Corpses of U.S. Marines on a beach. Soldiers dig out dead bodies from mud. Body of U.S. soldier, in mud, being fingerprinted for identification. American dead lying in a field, each with a white covering. Bodies kept under a white cover on a ship. A cemetery of dead soldiers. American dead, each draped in an American flag, being buried at sea. Exhausted and wounded soldiers walk out of a Landing Craft Vehicle. Group of tired U.S. Army soldiers look at camera with blank, exhausted, saddened faces. Sad and depressed war struck civilians. U.S. soldier lifts body of little girl from under rubble and debris. U.S. Army soldier seated beside a grieving civilian family. A dead boy lies between them. They sadly cover his body. Wounded U.S. soldier on stretcher cries out in pain. Soldiers walking in long lines to or from battle. Faces of war-hardened U.S. Soldiers and Marines. Narrator describes the nature of what these soldiers have seen and that they will be changed by their experiences.
LST destroyed when an explosion occured while loading ammo at the West Loch in Pearl Harbor during World War 2. A partly sunk Landing Ship Tank (LST) burning in the water and water jets are sprayed on it. Other ships and vessels at the harbor. Firemen run with water hoses and spray water on a fiercely burning LST. Officers in a Landing Vehicle Tracked in the water near a burning LST.
Nighttime views, in darkness, of destroyed Landing Ship Tank (LST) and other boats burning at U.S. Naval Station in Pearl Harbor during World War 2. Burning oil on water surface.
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