A-5 Missile takes off from wooded area on Greifswalder Oie Island in Ostvorpommern, Germany. Rocket launches in air. Missile shelter and equipment in background. Views of missile in air and falling.
On orders from General MacArthur, the 2nd Squadron (dismounted), 5th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army on a Reconnaissance in Force mission at Los Negros,Admiralty Islands. Prior to their landing, two Spitfire aircraft of No. 73 Wing, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) are seen attacking Japanese positions in the jungles near the beach. U.S. Navy warships bombard the area and U.S. B-25 bombers from the 345th Bomb Group , 5th Air Force, drop bombs along the beach. After landing, the Reconnaissance Squadron, reinforced with other U.S. 1st Cavalry Division troops, advances into dense jungles. Troops spray the area with machine gun fire. A Squad seen firing a mortar. U.S. troops firing a field gun with "Bataan" written in chalk, on the barrel. B-25 bombers fly very low over edge of Momote airfield and drop bombs. 1st Cavalry troops battle their way against hidden Japanese forces and capture the Momote airfield. General MacArthur comes ashore and congratulates the troops. A wounded soldier carried on a stretcher. U.S. medics tend to wounded soldiers. Wounded are given plasma. Dead Japanese soldiers on ground.
Bullets hit ground and buildings in Saipan, Mariana Islands. Marines cautiously advance. Marines advance across open fields. Firing at hills. (World War II period).
Marines advance through open fields in Saipan, Mariana Islands. Men prepare ammunition. Firing by a pack howitzer. Group of buildings under artillery barrage. Shells bursting. Smoke rises (World War II period).
Marines in fields in Saipan, Mariana Islands. Marines advancing. A tank moving in a field. Knocked out LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked). Knocked out U.S. tank and dead Japanese soldiers lying on ground. (World War II period).
Japanese civilian and military prisoners under guard of U.S. Army personnel in Saipan, Mariana Islands. Japanese prisoners carrying wounded. Japanese families with women and children being escorted to camps. Japanese prisoners in enclosure. Wounded prisoners. Prisoners in a line to receive drinks being poured by a U.S. GI. (World War II period).
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