Allied officers and soldiers off the coast of Balikpapan, Borneo during World War II. Naval guns aboard a vessel in the foreground. Allied naval fleet in the far background. 1st Australian Corps Lieutenant General Leslie Morehead, 7th Australian Division Major General E.J. Milford and Air Vice Marshal come aboard USS Cleveland underway in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. officer greets the Australian officers. British soldiers loaded onto an LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). A soldier talks over a field phone. Smoke rises from the coast of Balikpapan.
Allied Supreme Commander for the Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur, in Balikpapan, Borneo during World War 2. General MacArthur, Australian Brigadier Sir Ivan Noel Dougherty, Commander of the 21st Infantry Brigade, and other officers inspect Balikpapan. Palm trees in the area. Th inspecting party climbs up a hill. General MacArthur and others look at the smoke rising from a coast in the distance. General MacArthur and others leave the beach in an LVT ( Landing Vehicle Tracked) . Oil refineries on fire at the coast as smoke rises. General MacArthur and others board a cruiser.
United States Naval fleet off the coast of the Philippines during World War II. U.S. Marines climb over the side of cargo nets and into an LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). The marines go over the side of a ship into the LCVP. A four barrel 5" 38 caliber naval gun aboard a destroyer fires. A United States destroyer of Fletcher class bombards the coast. 5" 38 caliber naval gun fires. The destroyer bombards the beach. An LSMR (Landing Ship Medium, Rocket) fires rockets. Shells explode on the beach. A United States battleship of Nevada class camouflaged by Thayer method bombards the beach. 5 inch and 40 mm guns fire at the beach. Crew loads and fires a 3"50 caliber gun. Explosions occur. An LCS ( Landing Craft Support) near the beach. The destroyer of Fletcher class bombards the beach. Aircraft fly over the convoy of ships. Sky lookouts on the bridge of a ship. Camouflaged destroyer and a heavy cruiser of Baltimore class bombards the beach. Twin mounts on a cargo ship bombard the beach. A man with a long glass leans against a signal lamp towards the beach.
United States Marines in the Philippines during World War II. LCIs ( Landing Crafts Infantry) lay a smoke screen around the coast of the Philippines. A Coast Guard photographer clicks pictures. Explosions occur on the beach. A Landing Craft Tank beaches and troops run off onto the beach. Marines advance up the shell torn beach. Shells explode on the edge of water. Three marines on the side of a hill. A combat photographer shoots with speed graphic.
United States Marines in the Philippines during World War II. Marines advance down a small dusty road. United States flag flies after the marines capture the area. Smoke rises in the background. Several marines around a light tank. A photographer with his camera and a reporter with his portable typewriter, during a combat break. Marines in the background. The reporter types a dispatch. The photographer smokes a cigarette and cleans a lens on his camera.
A cemetery in the Philippines during World War II. Close up view of the American flag as it flies at half mast. Coconut trees in the background. White crosses at the cemetery. A man kneels down in front of the crosses. The U.S. flag flutters in the background. A bell in the foreground.
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