Shows U.S. General Knudsen and fellow American soldiers and officers in conversation at Henderson Field in Guadalcanal. A distant explosion in an ammunition dump occurs 5 minutes after the departure of the General, and is caught on camera. (World War II period).
F4U Corsairs 13 and 14 of U.S. Marine Corps Squadron VMF-124 land at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, and taxi to park in front of the control tower, during World War 2. Pilot, Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh (future Medal of Honor recipient) climbs down from his Corsair 13, named 'Viva!' Pilot of Corsair 14 talks with ground crew after landing. The pilots are picked up by a jeep. Two F4F aircraft land at the field. Ground crewmen work on F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft. Crew works on 50 caliber gun on F4F plane.
A wrecked Japanese coastal gun on the coast of Tarawa during a battle with Allied forces in World War II. Wreckage all over the shore, trenches and dugouts. An American marine shaves in a foxhole. A number of marines gather at the edge of an airstrip around United States Navy F6F-3 aircraft.
Landing craft on a beach at Tarawa in Pacific Theater. Various types of small crafts underway in sea and United States Navy landing crafts beached. Supply boxes on a pier and dead American marines on litters. Marines walk up a pier. (World War II period).
After the battle of Tarawa in Pacific Theater. Battered palm trees and wreckage on the beach in Tarawa. American marines in a Japanese bunker. A group of Japanese prisoners sit on a beach as marines guard them. Marines carry boxes up to the beach. Korean prisoners carry wounded and supplies along a road guarded by American marines. Japanese and Korean prisoners searched and guarded by marines. Wounded Japanese and Korean prisoners lie on the stretchers. Prisoners squat on a beach. Small tractor hauls a captured torpedo on dolly up the beach. (World War II period).
After the Battle of Tarawa in the Pacific Theater. U.S. Marines wade through a portion of a lagoon towards a pier. LVT (Landing Vehicle Traced) on the beach. Marines build bunkers and put sand bags on the beach. A marine lies in a trench, marines relax, sit and talk. Marines mill about building foxholes and carry supplies on the beach. Fire at a building among palm trees. Japanese dugout with dead in it. A dead Japanese inside a bunker whereas another dead Japanese lies next to the bunker. A Marine with two rifles in his hand. (World War II period).
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