17 February 1944, during World War 2, off the coast of Truk Island in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. aircraft from the USS Cowpens (CVL-25) attack the Japanese Sendai class light cruiser Naka. Scenes of the bombing attack on the Japanese cruiser. Explosions on and around the Naka, which turns to starboard in an evasive maneuver.
United States Marines advance during the invasion of an island in the Pacific during World War II. DUKWs advance towards sandy beaches as a fire in wooded area burns. Soldiers crawl through the wooded area. Amphibious vehicles keep arriving on the beach. The marines walk out of Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels (LCVP) on the beach.
United States Navy offloads material and equipment on a beach during invasion of an island in the Pacific during World War II. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) loaded with supplies and soldiers at the beach. Soldiers, army trucks and jeeps with chained wheels on the deck of LST. Trucks and jeeps drive out of LST on the beach. Several LCVPs ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels) tied together at the beach. Another LST loaded with jeeps and army trucks on its deck. Smoke arises from an explosion on a distant beach.
United States Navy offload material and equipment on a beach during the invasion of an island in the Pacific during World War II. U.S. Marines hide in the grass on the beach. Some natives walk around the area. A group of natives taken prisoners and a U.S. soldiers guard them. Supplies off loaded from amphibious vehicles. Dead body of a man inspected by the soldiers. DUKW vehicles and soldiers after landing on the beach. Number of natives without any clothes walk towards the landing vehicles.
Life of U.S. soldiers under very difficult conditions during World War II. U.S. soldiers labor hard to deliver military supplies during the war. Troops rolling a log up a muddy hillside. Army soldiers unload and load boxes, equipment, and ammunition boxed in mountainous terrains, on beaches, and other places. Soldiers push heavy artillery guns. They carry ammunition boxes from an LCV (Landing Craft Vehicle) to a beach. Soldiers lash ammunition boxes onto backpack frames, hoist the boxes on their backs and scale elevated muddy paths.
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.
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