U.S. Task Force 58 attacks Japanese held island Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Task Force 58 ships head towards Saipan. A map of Saipan. Carriers, battleships and destroyers of Task Force 58 underway. U.S. Navy Admiral Raymond Spruance aboard a ship. U.S. Naval guns bombard Saipan. Smoke rises from shell explosions on the island. U.S. Marines embark on landing crafts off Saipan. The Marines and U.S. tanks advance on the island. U.S. heavy artillery guns bombard Saipan. The Marines continue to battle Japanese troops as they advance. Japanese installations in ruins. A U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft lands on the island. The American flag is raised. U.S. medics treat wounded soldiers. Japanese women and children are removed to safety by U.S. troops.
Planes from USS Essex (CV-9) strike Eiko airstrip, Taiwan during World War II. Aerial view of Eiko airstrip, bombs burst on it. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bomber in flight. Aerial view of formation of clouds over mountains. Two TBFs and two escorting U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighters in flight.
U.S. CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier) off the coast during invasion of Palau Islands in World War II. Formation of U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers. TBFs approach and land on flight deck of CVE. U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter taxis on flight deck of CVE. TBF warms up on deck of CVE.
A session of Uranium Committee at Bureau of Standards, Washington DC. The exteriors of Bureau of Standards. People leave and enter the building. A car leaving the gates of Bureau of Standards. Interiors of the building showing Uranium Committee in session at Bureau of Standards. Dr. B.F. Scribner and Dr. J.I. Hoffman seated. Sitting at the end of the table are Dr. B.H. Abeison. Dr. Layman James Briggs, Dr. Sasse W. Beams, Dr. Tuve, Dr. L.F. Curtiss, and Dr. Edward Wichers. Dr. Briggs rises and walks towards the blackboard. Briggs at blackboard.
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 38.3 in Leyte Gulf during Battle of Leyte in World War II. Japanese plane makes a low torpedo run. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter smoking badly, approaches. U.S. CV (Fleet Aircraft Carrier) underway, many planes pass overhead.
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