Shows Avalon Bay and City of Avalon from porch of Wrigley home. Houses in Avalon City can be seen. Views of Catalina Casino building, Avalon dock and U.S. flag flying in breeze on a ship at dock, with mountain in background.
A mobile mortar crew from the U.S. Army operates a 4.2 inch mobile mortar. The shirtless U.S. Army soldiers fire multiple shells rapidly. A soldier using a field telephone receives information on a new Japanese enemy position and the mortar crew disassembles the weapon in a practiced manner. The soldiers load the heavy mortar into a two-wheeled cart, which is lifted into the bed of a truck to be transported to the new position. The crew unloads the mortar and wheeled cart from the truck and runs toward their destination. Men follow behind with ammunition boxes. At the new position the crew swiftly reassembles the mortar, laying for fire. A soldier is hoisted up to an observation post in a tree. Wide view of the surrounding jungle and wetland with Mount Bagana in the background. The narrator notes that the Japanese have been located at the base of the mountain. Close up shots of the mortar crew loading and firing shells toward the Japanese position.
U.S. Army Air Forces 19th Fighter Squadron personnel on the Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War 2. Pilot writing a letter at Aslito Airfield, Saipan Island. Interior operations building showing the men lounging around and relaxing. Barber giving a haircut in outside area, P-47 Thunderbolt planes in background. Airman taking a nap. Bulletin board of the fighter squadron with chalk reference to 19th Bomb Squadron (possibly meaning fighter-bomber Squadron).Contains a note reading: "Minimum buzzing alt 50 ft." Alert duty roster is posted with names of pilots, shifts they will pull, & assigned aircraft numbers. Pilots cleaning and inspecting their sidearms.
Supplements from a film called 'Fighting Lady' about the United States campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. United States Soldiers of the 165th Infantry Regiment drive down a road in a jeep. A Chaplain and Soldiers gathered around a jeep for a religious service. Soldier kneeling in front of the altar at the hood of the jeep. Chaplain conducts a Catholic Mass. Soldiers attend the mass. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) maneuvers in the background. Chaplain administers Communion to the soldiers.
Outtakes from a film called 'Fighting Lady' about the United States campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. U.S. troops of the 27th Infantry Division and a group of natives talk. Soldiers and natives walk in a jungle. A wrecked thatched house as a soldier stands guard in the background. A jeep comes down a road as it pulls a small caliber gun.
Supplements from a film called 'Fighting Lady' about the United States campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A U.S. Soldier of the 165th Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Division digs a foxhole Soldiers gathered in a jungle. Some of them loaded onto a jeep as others stand on ground. Soldiers walk down a road as they advance. Two Soldiers inspect a Japanese tank in revetment. Soldiers advance through a jungle. An uprooted palm tree in the foreground.
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