An airstrip under construction in New Guinea during World War II. A road scraper works at the airstrip. A Brigadier General of U.S. Army looks on. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Walter Kruger talks to several officers at the airstrip.
An airstrip under construction in New Guinea during World War II. A sign reads ' T2 our motto. Get the lead out of your ass and get it up to the troops'. The airstrip being leveled. Men and equipment at work at the airstrip. A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft lands at the airstrip and taxis. C-47s lined up on the airstrip.
United States troops cross a stream in New Guinea during World War II. United States soldiers get into a rubber raft and pull themselves across a stream. Engineers put logs of wood in the stream as they construct a wooden bridge. The engineers carry wooden logs towards the stream. The soldiers cross the wooden bridge.
The U.S. Army Air Forces Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, during World War 2. USAAF P-38 aircraft on the flightline. A P-38 on takeoff roll passes the camera. Camera pans across the runway to a line of parked B-25 bombers. A B-24 Liberator bomber of the 90th Bomb Group (Skull and Cross Bombs on its tail) takes off, followed by two P-38s,and another B-24. Closing segment shows several Japanese prisoners of war.
U.S. Navy World War II battleship, destroyers, heavy cruiser and light cruiser bombard the Island of Tarawa in Pacific Theater, in November 1943. Smoke rises from the beach. A 16" gun on board USS Maryland (BB-46) bombards Tarawa. Shells burst in air and island obscured by smoke. Depth charges explode in water as light cruiser continues to bombard the island. Ship at timecode 2:34 and 3:10 is a heavy cruiser of the Portland or Northhampton class, based on catapults with sea planes located at mid ship. Based on ship assignments and locations at that time, this would make it either the USS Chester (CA-27), the USS Portland (CA-33), or the USS Indianapolis (CA-35).
United States Marines land in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II. Destroyers and transport ships moored off shore. LCVTs (Landing Crafts Vehicle Tracked) head towards the beach. Marines in silhouette as they unload supplies from a landing craft. Marines unload supplies from LVT-3. LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanized), LCVTs and other landing craft off the shore. Marines working party with destroyers in the background.
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