U.S. submarine underway in the Pacific Ocean. A rock island in the foreground. Sailors loading 5 inches gun. Gun crew lined up on the deck of the submarine. Man on the bow of submarine trying to retrieve an object floating in water. Man securing the object with a long pole from bow of the boat. Men loading and firing 5 inches gun. Puffs of smoke from the top of the island. Firing at the island. Men aboard the submarine viewing the action with glasses. (World War II period).
U.S. Army troops in the Philippines during World War II. A shell torn island. Damaged houses and buildings. Natives walking across a field. A statue in the field. Rubble in the field. U.S. troops with rifles at ready move through the island. Soldiers aboard tanks and other military vehicles advancing across the island.
Bombing of the Woleai Atoll during World War 2 (Pacific Ocean theater). Animated map shows the location of Mariaon Island (presently part of the Federated States of Micronesia). A United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber in flight. Bombs dropping from the bomb bay of B-24. Bombing of islands in the Woleai Atoll. Aerial view of fire and explosions on the Woleai Atoll and islands.
U.S. amphibious assault on Pacific island in World War 2. Transport ships offshore. A U.S. Fletcher Class destroyer, close to shore, bombarding the shore. White smoke rising from shell burst. Landing craft heading toward shore. Black smoke rising on shoreline, from naval shelling. More black smoke and fires at another shore location. Plume of water from Japanese shell striking near assault boats. The destroyer close to the shore as smoke drifts above mountain in background. Flames at shore. Landing craft tracked (LCT) approaching shore and avoiding area of fire and smoke. American SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser, PC-1278, close to shore. She displays a red flag with white stripe, as secondary control ship for Red Beach. Several LVTs led by one displaying Wave Commander blue and orange flag. Several plumes of water thrown into the air from Japanese shells or bombs. Assault boats reaching narrow beach, where a fire is burning. Other boats and LVTs avoiding the area of smoke and fire. Landing craft clustered at shore and one flying red and white flag, away from the shore. Several structures on the shore. More black smoke rising from shore. Camera pans around showing steep vegetation-covered hills characteristic of the island.
Remembering the battlegrounds of Singapore (Syonan Island) in World War II. Fields, mountains and collapsed structures after the Fall of Singapore. A man pays respect by putting flowers on grave. Soldiers salute. Lieutenant General Renya Mutaguchi visits island near Singapore and pays respects to soldiers who fell in battle there.
Views of Enoshima Island. Waves in bay and mountains in the background. Enoshima Island. People enter from Shinto. They look Japanese articles in market. Boats at bay. People at coast of bay. They take bath near the bank of bay.
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