U.S. Task Force underway in the Pacific prior to Doolittle Raid during World War II. Oiler USS Cimarron, AO-22, refuels heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25, underway. Mail being transferred by breeches buoy. Midship section of the tanker in heavy seas.
Reconstruction shows Japanese kamikaze suicidal aircraft attacking U.S. task force ships underway in the Pacific during World War II. Japanese pilots in a torpedo aircraft. Japanese aircraft fly through anti-aircraft barrage and searchlights. Twin-engine aircraft in flight, one engine is hit, and results in fire. A carrier and several other vessels playing searchlight through sky. The aircraft releases torpedo which crashes into hull of carrier. The aircraft crashes into a vessel. More ships are attacked. Japanese aircraft in flames crashing on a ship. The ship sinks.
United States Navy fleet maneuvers in the Pacific, during the period between the World Wars. Numerous battleships are seen. Curtiss SOC "Seagull" Scout-Observation Planes launch from the battleships and join up to fly in formation above the ships.
A flight of three U.S. Navy TBF Avenger aircraft from VT-15 on USS Essex are seen in formation flight in the Pacific theater during World War 2. (Note: sequence ends with extraneous narration and glimpse of bomb burst at night over German target in World War II, Europe.)
United States submarine sinks Japanese boat in the Pacific. Submarine bombards the boat. The boat catches fire. Smoke arises due to the fire on the boat. (World War II period).
Two survivors from U.S. Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) on raft as the USS Register (APD-92) comes alongside at sea in the Pacific Theater. Two weary sailors floating on a raft are rescued. Several survivors are carried on deck on stretchers. Survivors on USS Indianapolis transferred on stretchers from deck of APD-92 to LCP alongside.
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