Deployment of U.S. Marine Corps on island of Pacific during World War II. Marines advance towards Japanese positions on an island. Japanese buildings near an airfield explode. Marines kill Japanese soldiers on their way and advance ahead. Marines in foxholes. Counter attack by Japanese troops as a shell explodes. Marines fire rifles in prone positions. Marines in foxhole with machine guns and rifles at night. Japanese troops advance from same direction as earlier and attack Marines. Marines return fire. Explosions in the jungle. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers lying. Dead Japanese soldier on a tree. Marines advance through jungle fighting against the Japanese troops. Long line of Marines advance on an open field. Marines fire guns towards enemy on island.
Segregated African American soldiers of U.S. Army parade along a street in Astoria, New York, and in parade fields of training grounds during World War II. Very large columns of African American troops marching in formation and passing commanding officers in review. Long columns of African American soldiers and WACs (Women's Army Corps) parade.
A long line of German prisoners are led by soldiers of U.S. 1st Division across a sandy terrain in Africa during World War II. An air strike on a hilly terrain shows aircraft overhead, bomb explosions and flak bursts. The prisoners march across the open terrain. U.S. soldiers near a half track. German and Italian prisoners are led by U.S. soldiers.
U.S. 1st Division soldiers in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. U.S. troops aboard a 2 ½ ton truck pulling a 37mm antitank gun along a road. Another truck with water cooled MG (machine gun mounted) and troops move past. A jeep and a T28E1 anti aircraft half track with a trailer follow the truck. Italian prisoners are marched under guard. A long line of prisoners marches across a hilly terrain. U.S. jeeps, 3/4 ton Dodge command cars and a 75mm M3 GMC (Gun Motor Carriage) anti tank half track loaded with troops pass along a road.
U.S. 1st Division soldiers in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. German and Italian prisoners are rounded up on a hilly terrain by U.S. troops. One prisoner holds a puppy. A long line of prisoners marches under the guard of U.S. soldiers. Many prisoners wear fezzes.
A Rear Admiral steps from a doorway, resplendent in special full dress uniform, complete with cocked hat and special embroidered rank insignia on his sleeve. The uniform appears to be European (not American). The scene is repeated in a second take. A French aviator, in leather jacket, walks in front of an early French bi-wing headless pusher airplane parked in an open hangar. (Unlike a Curtiss headless pusher aircraft, this one does not have tricycle landing gear.) He bends to greet a little girl who walks to meet him with a woman, the girl's mother. The three pose for the camera. Next scene shows U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Richard H. Jackson (Commander Battleship Divisions Battle Fleet, 1925-1926). He steps from a building followed by Naval officers. Jackson converses with a young Navy Captain, as others relax behind them. . Closeup of Admiral Jackson and the Captain. The group moves away. Next, a fairly young U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (unidentified) is seen in front of a long, wide, set of granite steps, shaking hands with a Navy Petty officer. They engage in conversation and then the Petty Officer leaves, followed by the Admiral. Next, is seen the entrance to a building numbered 22, that has U.S. Navy signs in its windows. A U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (unidentified) exits the building, accompanied by a Commander and a Lieutenant Commander. The weather is cold enough to show visible moisture from their breath. The three share entertaining conversation, including smiles and laughs.
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