U.S. Naval bombardment of Peleliu island in Palau, Pacific ocean, during World War 2. A scout and observation (SOC) Seagull floatplane is catapulted from the heavy cruiser, USS Portland, CA-33.
General MacArthur returns to the Philippines in World War II. Gun footage show Allied airplanes bombard Japanese ships in Mindanao, Philippines. Allied airplane in dogfight with a Japanese airplane. Japanese airplane gets hit and goes down. Allied airplanes attack a Japanese anti-aircraft tower. Allied airplanes bombard Japanese airfield on Mindanao. Allied ships bombard Leyte in Philippines and carrier-based plane bombard the Island. United States prisoners of war captured by the Japanese. General Douglas MacArthur and General Jonathan Mayhew 'Skinny' Wainwright VI and Admiral William Frederick Halsey can be seen. General Douglas MacArthur and his men after landing on Leyte beach.
Japanese Nakajima airplanes take off from an airfield on Japanese-held island in Pacific. Soldiers and people stand on the airfield. People watch the planes take off. Soldiers wave flags. Japanese officer waves hat on the platform. People in the background. Civilians wave at departing Japanese planes. (World War II period).
Slow motion footage of SB2C airplane landing on USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during Marianas campaign; Battle of Philippine Sea in World War 2. The carrier's island structure in view. The airplane hits restraint wires and noses over and flips, upside down, landing completely inverted on the deck. Other planes in the background. Men rush towards the crashed plane.
U.S. Marines in Cape Gloucester on island of New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II. Marines carry pyramidal tent through mud. Caterpillar tractor splashes through thick mud. Bulldozer hauls equipment through mud. Marines wade in stream and attach rope to stalled jeep. A Marine with a police dog.
U.S. Marines in Cape Gloucester on island of New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II. Japanese prisoner is interrogated by Japanese-American Marine. Prisoner is being fed by U.S. Marine. Various Japanese prisoners. A Japanese officer is questioned by U.S. officer. Interrogating officer points to map. U.S. marines carry a wounded soldier on litter across the stream. Medic bends to feel pulse of Marine on litter.
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