The decorated Liberty ship SS John P. Harris (2877) at Savannah, Georgia. Mrs Eleanor Harris christens the Liberty ship in honor of her deceased husband, John P. Harris, who had been Senator from Pennsylvania and a pioneer movie exhibitor. The ship served the U.S. Army Transportation Service (USAT). It was built by Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation of Savannah Georgia.
Lieutenant General George S Patton talking with Brigadier General Otto P. Weyland and officers of the XIX Tactical Air Command staff, at an airfield in England, prior to the Normandy invasion, in World War 2. He is seen walking across the airfield; standing beside cars; looking at propeller and engine of P-51 aircraft, and watching P-51 aircraft landing.
U.S. Marines during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. They arrive in trucks at dock in Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. Marines work on dock and go aboard AP (transport) alongside. Convoy of AP underway. Transport area shows auxiliary ships and landing craft. Landing crafts underway lay smoke screen. Waves of landing craft underway to beach.
Convoy of AP (transport) underway in the sea. Tents in camp area and view of air strip Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. View of airfield. Ships at harbor. An AP underway.
U.S. Marine officers brief men on deck of a ship during invasion of Saipan in Mariana Islands. Officers work on a paper.
Bombing on ships at sea during invasion of Saipan in Mariana Islands. Explosions at sea. Smoke columns rise. U.S. Marines in LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) hang from davits on AP (transport). LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) exit LST (Landing Ship Tank) to water. Airplanes pass by (World War II period).
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