U.S. Army 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team members practice parachute drop in Korea, during Korean War. Large group of paratroopers parachute into plowed field. Weapons and supplies are also air dropped. Soldiers walk past a Lieutenant who kneels on a chute that carried a box containing a M1919A4 .30 Cal Machine gun. The gun is seen on a tripod, on the ground.
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team practice parachute drop in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Army Lieutenant leaves a field after completing a practice parachute drop. He carries an M1919A4 .30 Cal Machine gun over his shoulder. Three Korean boys watch and follow him as he walks past them. Scene shifts to paratroopers standing around one who was injured during the jump. Next, he is seen on a stretcher lying next to a field ambulance. Other soldiers carefully place him aboard the ambulance. Scene shifts to several troopers lingering in the drop zone, with some equipment in the field. One paratrooper is seen on a field telephone.
Aerial views from airplane flying very low over portions of Luzon, Philippines, after liberation by the U.S. in World War II. Smoke from farmers burning parts of their fields. View of Clark Field and environs. Barracks and other installations, including a hospital with red cross on the roof. Aerial view of the Holy Rosary Church in Angeles City, Pampangga, Philippines whose roof was damaged by an American Mitchell B-25 bomber on January 7, 1945. The bomber, dubbed the "SAG Harbor Express" of the 499th Bomb Squadron, had been hit by Japanese anti-aircraft artillery. 2nd Lt. Arthur Browngardt was manning the bomber, and perished with all crew as the plane crashed near Holy Angel Academy. Destroyed and damaged Japanese warplanes on Clark Field. Two Americans (one with a rifle) and a local mechanic examining an undamaged Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber (tail number: 763-12). They open the fuselage door and go inside.
United States Marine taking cover by beached landing craft in sand during amphibious assault on the Japanese held Peleliu Island, He speaks over wireless phone. Marine squads assemble and move forward. Marines aboard M-4 Sherman Tanks move across the wet sands. Aircraft flies overhead.
Slate identifies location as Peleleiu (misspelled) and unit as 1st Tank Battalion. Battle of Peleliu in World War 2. After taking the airfield, Marines of the U.S. 1st Marine Division examine dead Japanese next to what appears to be a demolished Japanese light tank (turret is missing completely). Next scene shows destroyed Japanese light tank, Type 95 Ha-Go. View from U.S. tank moving towards the airfield, where several Marine 1st Battalion M4A2 Tanks are seen. The area is strewn with wreckage and destroyed buildings. A combat photographer squats in the sand next to two Marines and a tank, as he removes his movie camera from a bag, and examines it.
Battle for Peleliu Island during World War 2. U.S. marines of the 1st Division, hunkered down among rocks, watch as aircraft from U.S. Navy carriers offshore, dive to attack Japanese positions near the beachhead on Peleliu Island, during World War 2. One aircraft flies close overhead. It appears to be a TBF Avenger. Smoke rises from shelling on the airfield proper, where M4A2 tanks of the !st Marine Tank Battalion are maneuvering in the far background. Closeup of dead Japanese soldier on the ground. A knocked-out Japanese tank. A dead marinee in a foxhole, shell cases nearby. More views of knocked-out Japanese tanks. Glimpse of U.S. marines moving forward carrying battle gear.
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