A film on aviators and crewmen of Torpedo Squadron 8 who gave their lives on June 4, 1942 near Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Midway of World War II. Names of Lieutenant Commander John Charles Waldron and Horace Franklin Dobbs who was the chief radioman. They pose in front of an aircraft. Ensign Henry R. Kenyon Jr. and Airman 2nd Class Darwin L. Clarke pose near an aircraft and talk. Ensign E. L. Fayle and Seaman 2nd Class Aswell L. Picou pose seated on the wing of an aircraft. Lieutenant Raymond A Moore and Airman 1st Class Tom Hartsel Pettry seated near a bomb loaded in the aircraft. Ensign William Robinson Evans and Airman 3rd Class Ross Eugene Bibb pose. Lieutenant (jg) Jeff Davis Woodson and Airman 2nd Class Otway David Creasy Jr pose near an airplane. Ensign William W Creamer and Seaman 2nd Class Francis Samuel Polston draw a face on a bomb loaded in an airplane and pose. Other crewmen who pose are: Lieutenant James Charles Owens Jr. and Airman 1st Class Amelio Maffei, Ensign Ulvert Matthew Moore and Airman 3rd Class William F Sawhill, Lieutenant (jg) George Marvin Campbell and Airman 2nd Class Ronald Joseph Fisher, Ensign John Porter Gray and Airman 3rd Class Max Arthir Calkin. Ensign G. H. Gay who was rescued and Airman 3rd Class George Arthir Field pose. Ensign Grant W Teats and Airman 2nd Class Hollis Martin, Ensign John Ellison and Carneiro, Ensign William Abercrombie and Aviation Pilot Robert B Miles, Airman 3rd Class Robert K. Huntington and Airman 2nd Class Bernard P Phelps. A chaplain at funeral services on the deck of the carrier USS Hornet (CV-8). The volley squad fires guns and the bugler blows taps. Sunset at sea. U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless in flight overhead.
USS Nautilus (SS-168) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Marine Raiders of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion “Carlson’s Raiders” aboard the submarine. They stand near a deck gun. The marines do calisthenics physical fitness drills aboard the submarine. Marines stretching and raising their arms during exercise. The sub is en route to Makin island for the famous Makin Raid of August 17th and 18th, 1942.
Activities during an airlift at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A navy personnel loads palletized cargo on a U.S. Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft from a forklift and a K loader vehicle. Open cargo doors of the aircraft. A K loader vehicle moves towards the aircraft. Crewmen push the cargoes and load them.
Activities during an airlift at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. An airman stands beside a U.S. Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. He looks at a partially opened emergency door. The aircraft parked with opened cargo doors. A K loader vehicle loaded with palletized cargo moves towards the aircraft. United States Air Force men pushes the pallet from the K loader vehicle into the C-141A Starlifter aircraft using a pry bar. The K loader vehicle backs away from the aircraft.
Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. An aerial view of the Diego Garcia Island. The runway at the air base. A U.S. Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft approaches and lands. A flight line is seen from the cockpit. The aircraft taxis. Forklifts and other vehicles parked at the flight line. A U.S. Military Customs Officer. Civilians and military personnel deplane the C-141A Starlifter aircraft.
Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. Patrol Squadron 17 insignia. Two sailors on a maintenance stand install a propeller hub housing on the engine of a U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft.
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