The American campaign against the Japanese in the South West Pacific during World War II. U.S. 6th Army soldiers aboard the ship talk. Ships in the background. A silhouetted soldier looks through binoculars towards a coast. A naval gun being manned. A man at the controls in the engine room of the ship. An officer briefs the troops before the invasion of Los Negros, Admiralty Islands. An officer speaks on a wireless. Naval guns and rockets bombard the coast at night. Smoke rises due to the bombardment.
USS Guadalcanal escort carrier captures German U boat-505 while underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. A motor whale boat along the side of USS Guadalcanal as a patient in a stretcher being hoisted aboard the ship. Island of USS Guadalcanal with five German flags marked on it. A motor whale boat heads towards the ship. The motor whale boat along the side the ship as a German U boat-505 crew member climbs up a Jacob's ladder. German crew comes down a catwalk on the deck of the escort carrier. The motor whale boat underway. It is alongside USS Guadalcanal as men climb up a Jacob's ladder. The bridge of USS Guadalcanal with five German flags marked on it. Three destroyer escorts underway. A motor whale boat underway. A destroyer escort on the horizon. The captain of USS Guadalcanal leans over the side of the flying bridge. German U boat-505 underway at sea. Bow and conning tower of the U boat. USS Guadalcanal attempts to come along side the U boat. Men on the signal bridge of the ship. U boat -505 and a motor boat at sea.
USS Guadalcanal escort carrier captures German U boat-505 while underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. U.S. sailors on the bridge of USS Guadalcanal. German U boat-505 under tow. U boat underway with the American flag on its conning tower. Pilots gathered on the deck of the ship as they talk. The U boat underway. Island of USS Guadalcanal. A motor whale boat alongside USS Guadalcanal as German prisoner of war climb up a Jacob's ladder as they come aboard the ship. A wounded on a steel stretcher being hoisted aboard the ship. USS Guadalcanal underway with a U.S. Navy TBF Avenger flying overhead. German prisoners on the main deck of USS Guadalcanal.
View of B-29 superfortress aircraft, of 21st Bomber Command,flying over Tokyo,Japan, with Mount Fujiyama clearly visible. Bombs falling from the B-29s. Near ground view of street and smoke rising from bomb strikes. In Washington, DC, General Henry (Hap) Arnold, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Air Forces, and Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Assistant Chief of Staff , give a sendoff to crew of a XXI Bomber Command B-29 bound for the Pacific Theater. The B-29 crew write a message in chalk on a bomb, reading: "To the Warlords of Japan. We have not forgotten--the B-29s will remind you Again and Again and Again!!!" Views of the city of Tokyo, Japan, showing streets, buildings, cars and pedestrians. Animated map fades to Saipan Island. B-29s of the 21st Bomber command,73rd Bombardment Wing, 497th Bombardment Group,landing at Isley Field, Saipan, watched by airmen at the base. Animated map showing B-29 access to Japan, itself, from Saipan.Formation of B-29s in flight, and bombs falling over Japan.
Deployment of U.S. Marine Corps on islands of Pacific and Japanese tricks of attack used against them during World War II. Re-enactment: Jungle warfare shows U.S. Marines with machine guns in foxhole at night. Japanese technique of attack shows U.S. Marines receive fake orders and being attacked by enemy. Another technique of attack as a U.S. Marine advance in jungle while second Marine gives him cover. Japanese soldier wearing an American helmet. Marine attacks Japanese soldier after hearing his footsteps. Dead Japanese soldier on ground. Japanese soldier slaps bamboo sticks together to simulate the sound of machine position. Marines fire machine guns from foxhole towards Japanese soldier camouflaged with foliage. Flares sent up in sky by Japanese soldiers. Japanese soldier acts as U.S. soldier and talks like one. Grenade explosion kills Japanese soldier. Marines counter the last Japanese trick.
Deployment of U.S. Marine Corps on islands of the Pacific and errors made by them causing problems during World War II. Reconstruction shows Marines wade through water. One Marine not feeling well and coming to stop. At Battalion aid station Marines carrying a Marine affected by malaria on a stretcher. Marine attaches identification tag to a sick man. A jeep pulls away. Marine drinks from a canteen cup Marines taking Japanese equipment away from dead bodies of Japanese soldiers.
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