Review of air raids in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. United States Army Air Forces Major General Curtis LeMay and General Thomas S. Power discuss the bombing mission on Kobe, Japan with other officers. Colonels Blanchard, Roberts, Warren and Muehleisen read maps and orders.
U.S. Army General Henry H. Arnold visits 314th Bombardment Wing at North Field in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Staff cars and military police escorts arrive at headquarters. A band plays in the foreground. U.S. Army Air Force Major Generals Curtis E. Lemay and Thomas S. Power greet General Henry H. Arnold. Generals and staff officers at attention as the band plays. The Generals leave the headquarters and walk to service apron where General Arnold speaks to 314th Wing personnel.
Major General Curtis E. LeMay and staff watch movies in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) Major General and Commander of 21st Bomber Command Curtis E. LeMay with staff watches movies. A screen in the background. LeMay and staff seated in chairs as they watch the movies. Major General Lemay smokes a cigarette as he talks a staff personnel. The screen shows USAAF B-29 Superfortresses taking off to bomb Japan. A pilot and a copilot in a cockpit. Bombings over a target. Explosions and smoke over targets. Staff personnel look at a map.
Major General Curtis E. LeMay and staff watch movies in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) Major General and Commander of 21st Bomber Command Curtis E. LeMay with staff watches movies. A screen in the background. LeMay smokes a cigarette as he talks to a staff personnel. The screen shows USAAF B-29 Superfortresses taking off to bomb Japan. A pilot and a copilot in a cockpit. They operate controls. Bombings over a target. Explosions and smoke over targets.
Major General Curtis E. LeMay and staff watches movies in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) Major General and Commander of 21st Bomber Command Curtis E. LeMay with staff watches movies. A screen in the background. LeMay smokes a cigarette as he talks to a staff personnel. The screen shows USAAF B-29 Superfortresses taking off to bomb Japan. Palm trees in the foreground. A pilot and a copilot in a cockpit. They operate controls. Bombings over target. Explosions and smoke over the targets. Staff personnel look at a map.
William Frederick Halsey celebrates Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri underway at sea. U.S. Navy Admiral and Commander of Third Fleet William Frederick Halsey, Jr and other senior U.S. and British Navy officers raise a toast aboard USS Missouri as they receive news of Japanese surrender. They are seated at a table. A special cake decorated with Japanese rising sun is brought. A marine holding a bayonet stands behind the group. After the cake is placed on the table, the marine proffers the bayonet to Admiral Halsey, who uses it to cut the cake and serves it. He eats the cake. Views of Admiral Halsey as he speaks.
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