U.S. bombers bomb Vila, Solomon Islands during World War II. USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-24 Liberator bombers in flight over Pacific Ocean heading for Vila. The B-24s bomb the Japanese airstrip on Vila. Smoke rises from explosions. Bomb puff on Vila surrounded by water.
U.S. Army Air Forces bombers and airmen on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers and trucks parked on a strip. Framework of the hangar. Motor of an aircraft. Two members of crew prepare elevator control of B-24. Reparation of Carney Airstrip in progress. A truck pulls landing strip mats on trailer. A bulldozer in operation. A stationary B-24 in the background. The bulldozer pushes a pile of landing mats. Caterpillar, scraper and power shovel work. A pile of discarded mesh landing mats.
U.S. Army airmen on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. EMs (Enlisted Men) stand in four columns. Commander of U.S. 13th Air Force General Nathan Twining and officers stand. General Twining reads speech. General Twining pins medal on Sergeant Myers and shakes hands with him. They both salute.
U.S. Task Force 38.3 in Leyte Gulf during Battle of Leyte in World War II. CVLs (Light Aircraft Carriers) and CVs (Fleet Aircraft Carrier) underway. USS Princeton (CVL-23) underway and burning. Japanese plane passes through flak. Princeton burns fiercely following attack by a Japanese Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Dive Bomber. The aircraft had dropped a bomb which struck the carrier between the elevators, crashing through the flight deck and hangar, and then exploding. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter parked on deck of carrier. Explosion on the after-deck of Princeton. Additional explosion on the USS Princeton. Japanese Zeke (Zero) dives on USS Langley (CVL-27), burns in flames, and crashes.
U.S. Task Force in Leyte Harbor during World War II. U.S. Task Force ships in Leyte Harbor. LCMs (Landing Crafts, Mechanized) underway. APs (Transports) and APDs (High Speed Transports) in the background. Many LCs (Landing Crafts) mill around. LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) underway.
Japanese air attack on U.S. Task Force ships off the coast of Leyte, Philippines during World War II. Japanese plane falls, crashes in water. Many small crafts lay smoke screen. Two Japanese plane crash in water. One crashes into LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry). Wounded U.S. soldiers in LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) alongside ship. U.S. gun crew fire antiaircraft gun aboard destroyer. Bombs burst near ship. Two burning Japanese planes, one crashes into LCI.
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