A B-29 combat crew is briefed on Saipan island, Mariana Islands during World War 2. Several aircraft parked on an airfield. Few baggages in front of an aircraft. United States Army Air Force Generals Henry H Arnold and Lauris Norstad and another officers walking up to B-29 crew standing on the airfield. General Norstad introduces General Henry Arnold to the combat crew of B-29 Superfortress and the commandants who are on their way to Tokyo, Japan after joining the 21st Bomber Command. General Henry Arnold shakes hands with the commandants. The crew standing in a row beside a USAAF heavy bomber B-29 Super Fortress. General Arnold briefs the crew. The General says the 21st Bomber Command has been operating out of China and the crew has the best of the aircraft which could carry the heaviest of loads. The General tells the crew that the message which is to be conveyed to Japan, is to be written on bombs. A few members of the crew wheel a cart loaded with bombs beside the aircraft. One of the crew members writes a message on a bomb as the General dictates. The Generals, the commandants and the crew members beside the cart of the bombs. The General wishes the crew good luck and shakes hands with the commandants. The message on the bomb for the enemy reads 'To the Warlords of Japan, We have not forgotten - The B-29s will remind you again and again and again'.
Recovery of Marine wounded in Saipan during World War II. United States ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during the battle of Saipan. Naval guns aboard the ship bombard the coast. United States troops aboard transport ships. Landing crafts loaded with Marines move towards the shore. Troops land at the coast amidst heavy firing. Medical Company arrives at the beach and looks after the wounded Marines. Marines fire machine gun and tanks roll. Injured Marines on stretchers being carried away. Litter patients being placed into ambulance jeep and carried away. Medical officer examines the wounded and provides first aid to them. Litter patients being placed in a jeep and walking wounded being helped to get into the jeep. Jeep carries the injured Marines to Regimental aid station. Doctor checks the injured Marines and treats them. Tags being prepared for each patient. Records being maintained. Wounded being loaded onto a jeep and the jeep is driven away to a collecting station. At the collecting station Marines at work.
The treatment and recovery of Marine wounded in Saipan during World War 2. Injured Marines arrive at collection station and are provided medical aid. Blood plasma being administered. Patients on stretchers being placed in jeep and carried away to evacuation station. Wounded being placed aboard a LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) to be taken to a ship. LVT pulls away from the coast. Wounded being transferred from the LVT to another landing craft. Landing craft with wounded aboard comes along side a ship. Injured Marines with blood stained face. Litter patients in a sling being hoisted aboard the ship. Doctors and Corpsmen examine the wounded and provide them medical aid. Doctors in an operating room aboard the ship.
A U.S. Navy training film about the treatment and recovery of soldier wounded in Saipan during World War II. United States Marines advance on the island. Marines fire a gun. Injured Marine on a field. Supplies in a sling being unloaded. Water canes being unloaded. Medical supplies arrive at a shore and being unloaded. Carts, jeeps being used to carry supplies inland. Fatigued and war weary Marines arrive at a clearing station for rest and relaxation. Wounded Marine being examined by a doctor.
A U.S. Navy training film about the treatment and recovery of soldier wounded in Saipan during World War II. Division hospital building. Marines pile up sand bags. Tori at the entrance of a Shinto temple as military vehicles move through the gate. A Japanese civilian hospital in a town. Debris being piled up. Marines enter the hospital. A litter patient being carried inside the hospital. Plasma and blood being administered to the wounded Marines. A doctor cleans a wound and administers penicillin. A doctor washes his hands. Patients at the hospital as an ambulance arrives. A sprinkler sprays water on ground to prevent dust from puffing up. A technician works on a microscope and looks into it. A man washes clothes.
A U.S. Navy training film about the treatment and recovery of Marines wounded in Saipan during World War II. An ambulance jeep pulls away from hospital building. Litter patients being unloaded from an ambulance. Wounded Marines on stretchers being placed aboard a landing craft at a beach. A hospital boat also comes for evacuation of the wounded Marines. Walking wounded move up the gangplank of hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9). Litter patients being hoisted aboard the USS Bountiful.
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