Amphibious landing of U.S. troops in Palau during World War II. Wounded man being helped into a DUKW (amphibious vehicle). A man climbing down a coconut tree. An LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) as it hits the beach and the men run out and head toward the beach. The men wade in through the surf. The beach master crew sends a blinker signal. The LCVPs come in to the beach and the troops disembark. The American bomber TBM Avenger flying overhead. The gun crew manning the 75mm mortar. The muzzle of the mortar. 30 caliber water cooled machine gun crew firing the gun.
The amphibious landing of U.S. troops in Palau during World War II. The American aircraft in flight overhead. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) coming on to the beach. Three LVTs heading for the beach. Part of the task force. The armored LVT passes on the reef. Two armored LVTs on the beach. Troops unloading from the LVT and running up through the surf. The troops advancing on to the beach. The LVT high on the beach. A dead man floating in the water. A dog tag around the man's neck. Men play a crap game using a helmet. The dice and money in the helmet.
The amphibious landing of U.S. troops in Palau during World War II. The beachhead area as two Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVT) pull up and troops disembark. The troops advancing on the beach and the ships in the far background. A man with a flame thrower squatting behind a tree. A man squat in the bushes. The beach as the troops advance. A man falls down on his stomach and mans a bazooka.
The amphibious landing of U.S. troops in Palau during World War II. Four Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVT) heading for the beach. The troops unloading from the LVTs. A wrecked aircraft in the water. The troops unloading from the LVT. The wreckage of the aircraft. A man digging a foxhole. A man getting his knee bandaged. A man jumping over the side of an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) into the surf. Men unloading into the surf from an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). A man carrying a stretcher on his shoulder. Two Sherman tanks with snorkels on the beachhead and an LCT (Landing Craft Tank) in the background. Sign: 'Tokyo Bound' on the side of the tank. Snorkel on the port of the tank. LCT 1292 on the beach as it loads Sherman tanks. The tanks load onto LCT on the ramps. Two tanks in the LCT. A soldier wearing foul weather gear and life jacket talks over the radio.
USAAF Radioplane OQ-14 (unmanned drone target plane) maneuvers in El Paso, Texas in Fort Bliss area. Airmen assembling the OQ-14 radio-controlled aircraft at the firing range at El Paso, Texas. Views of various parts of the target drone aircraft. Testing of hand control showing the tail maneuvering with the control. Views of the 22 HP Righter / Kiekhaefer O-45-1 engine. Airman checking the parachute installation on the target aircraft. This parachute is the means of landing the aircraft after power has been shut off. Two civilians crank the portable catapult launching ramp into the correct elevation position for launching the OQ-14. Radio control truck and equipment used to control the missile in flight. Interior of truck showing the various instrument panels. An airman giving signal for firing of the target aircraft. The aircraft OQ-14 in flight. The drone plane maneuvers. Ft Bliss Anti-aircraft gun position set up using 75mm cannons and 50 caliber gun mounts on trucks and on tanks. The OQ-14 in flight. The anti-aircraft crew firing up into the air at the drone. The anti-aircraft gun positions firing. Small arms fire at the drone aircraft. The test range showing an OQ-14 descending by means of parachute. (World War II period).
USAAF radio plane OQ-14 as a target plane, maneuvers in El Paso, Texas (operating out of Fort Bliss). The pilot, sitting in an AT-6 (aircraft) used to control the target airplane from the air. The pilot handing out the hand control used to control the target aircraft in flight. The AT-6 which is used to control the Radioplane OQ-14 drone while in flight. U.S. Army team launches the OQ-14 drone from a catapult. The OQ-14 in flight. The OQ-14 performing aerial maneuvers. AT-6 aircraft take off near launching ramp, with Franklin Mountains in background. (This is more accurately a Harvard IIB control plane which is the first Lend/Lease Noorduyn AT-16-ND built for the British). The AT-6 and U.S. aircraft C-45 controller / camera plane taxi. Aerial views of thehe AT-6 in flight and the OQ-14 drone in flight. OQ-14 maneuvers. The OQ-14 parachute deploys and the OQ-14 descends to ground. View of parachute and aircraft lying on ground in Ft Bliss area.
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