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Women in the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) during World War II
SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve) in the United States, during World War 2. Uniformed women in the U.S.Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) step from a bus in a major city with skyscrapers. Two of them are seen standing next to a Coast Guard officer, who appears to write them local passes. Two SPARS women operate telephone switchboards.SPARS
Mobilization and Review of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division Two in Seattle Washington during World War II
The second annual mobilization and review of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division Two, in the 13th Naval District, during World War 2. The first thing seen is a portion of a letter from a Coast Guard SPARS woman to someone at home. She mentions having spoken to Mrs. F.D.R. Scene shifts to The mobilization and review event on Lake Washington, in Seattle, Washington which involves some 300 boats belonging to members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, that parade in review. Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox (not seen) along with high ranking naval officers, and the First Lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, are part of the reviewing party, as guests of Mr. O.D. Fisher, aboard his yacht. (The Coast Guard Auxiliary identification, CGA 2444, is seen clearly painted on its bow.) It is anchored off the north shore of Madronna Park Beach in Lake Washington. Views of the yacht with Mrs. Roosevelt and several admirals aboard. A woman officer, in the Coast Guard SPARS, is invited to chat with Mrs. Roosevelt. She sits down next to her. At one point, they both wave toward the camera. Later, two women SPARS stand on shore and converse with Mrs. Roosevelt, as she stands aboard the yacht.
Women in the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) training during World War II
Three Uniformed women in the U.S.Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) arrive at the entrance of a Coast Guard Station, during World War 2. The station includes a light house. Next, a Coast Guardsman explains the light to them as they stand on a platform at its top. Scene shifts to about a dozen SPARS women boarding a Coast Guard training ship. Some of them ascend rope ladders in the ship's rigging. Three of them drive away in a blue Coast Guard jeep, up a dirt road to a waterfront. There, while standing in a boat (unseen but moving up and down) a Coast officer converses with one of them while referring to a chart. The next scene shows the three women on top deck of a Coast Guard Fireboat, where a Coast Guardsman demonstrates one of their firefighting water guns. The water pressure is increased, creating a powerful stream of water. Scene shifts to about 25 SPARS women assembled on a lawn in front of a frame building. A woman officer motions them into formation and reads orders. Next, from viewpoint, above, the formation of SPARS women is seen marching along with Coast Guardsmen in a parade.
U.S. troops capture Roi-Namur island in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands during the Battle of Kwajalein of World War II.
U.S. troops on Roi-Namur island of the Kwajalein Atoll during the Battle of Kwajalein in World War II. Marines at a 1.1"/75 caliber gun on the deck of a ship. A fleet of U.S. Navy transports and aircraft carriers underway at sea. The cargo deck of an LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Explosions due to bombardment on Kwajalein Atoll. U.S. Marines in boats heading towards the shore. Smoke due to explosions on the beach. Troops going down the side of transport ship using a cargo net into the LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). Ships at sea and clouds of smoke rising in the background. Marines getting down from LCVPs on the shore. A Marine fires a 3"/50 caliber gun. An amphibious craft on the shore. A U.S. Navy dive bomber SBD Dauntless in flight overhead. Explosions on the beach. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) underway at sea. The Marines get off an LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) and advance across the beach. Marines and a few amphibious vehicles on the beach. An LVT coming up on the beach. Two GIs firing rifles on the shore. An LST with troops on the beach. Marines load and fire 75 mm howitzers. A combat cameraman operates a camera mounted on a tripod. Marines on an airfield. An explosion occurs and dirt and rubble fly all around. Marines inside a bomb crater firing carbines. A Marine looking under a concrete slab aiming his carbine. A Marine engineer constructing a yard grenade with one end in a hole and other Marines standing around taping a fuse on it. Two Marines run away from the hole. Explosions occur. Dead Japanese soldiers lying behind a wooden screen. A partially constructed Japanese hangar with burnt canvas. A part of the tail of a Japanese bomber in view. Two soldiers beside a wrecked aircraft. One of them looking into the fuselage of the aircraft. View of the tail assembly of a wrecked Japanese bomber on an airfield. A damaged Japanese bunker. An LCVP beside a U.S. Navy ship. Wounded men being transferred from the LCVP to the ship. Church services held on a beach at Kwajalein.
U.S. 5th Army invades Anzio and British bombard Cassino during Operation Shingle Italian Campaign of World War II.
Allied troops in Italy during the Operation Shingle Italian campaign of World War II. Several LSTs (Landing Ship, Tanks), trucks and soldiers at Anzio. Army trucks backing into an LST. A 155mm gun is pushed into an LST by a M4 High Speed Tractor. Several soldiers beside the gunr. Columns of soldiers boarding the craft. The LST backing into the water. A Catholic chaplain with hands folded. The Chaplain with the soldiers during the consecration of the Mass. The stern of the LST. An LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) beside the LST. The task force is attacked by German dive bombers. Numerous bombs exploding in and around the ships. The LCI underway at sea. An LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) loaded with troops underway at sea. A few LSTs on the beach. Amphibious vehicles in the background. The landing craft on the beach. Dead Germans lying on a street. Columns of German prisoners marching on a path. View of the prisoners wearing trench coats and caps. In Cassino, Italy : British troops fire artillery during the Battle of Monte Cassino. Small mud houses in Cassino. Several explosions in the area.
Battle for Marshall Islands. Japanese aircraft are downed by U.S. aircraft carrier's guns in the Pacific during World War II
U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle for the Marshall Islands in World War 2. A tractor towing a U.S. Navy fighter aircraft F6F Hellcat with wings folded, along carrier flight deck.. Two ordnance men pushing cart with a 500 pound bomb, along the deck. At dawn U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless aircraft take off in semidarkness. Fire from their engine exhausts visible. Clouds of smoke rising and a large explosion occurs as Japanese aircraft attack U.S. ships.. A gun crew at an anti aircraft gun on the deck. Japanese aircraft flying overhead, in flames. U.S. sailors firing at Japanese aircraft in flight. Another Japanese aircraft shot down by carrier's antiaircraft fire. It crashes into the sea. A large explosion occurs in the water. A Japanese aircraft in low flight drops a torpedoe. A Japanese aircraft is shot down. Another Japanese aircraft is shot down and crashes in carrier's wake. SBDs and F6F aircraft parked on the deck of the carrier.
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