Part of ceremonies marking Japanese surender and victory over Japan at end of World War 2. Japanese forces surrender Marcus Island on board USS Bagley (DD-386) in Pacific Theater. Japanese Rear Admiral M. Matsubara surrenders his garrison to U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Whiting. Japanese and Allied officers sign the papers of surrender. View in September of American flag being raised on Wake Island by U.S. Marines after Japanese surrender. Colonel Walter Baylor accepts honors at the ceremony, having been the last to leave Wake Island, and now the first to return. View of destroyed Grumman F-4 Wildcats that assisted in efforts to hold off Japanese forces for 14 days of attack, earlier in the war.
U.S. Navy warships under Japanese air attack in World War 2. A U.S. Aircraft carrier, that appears to be the USS Yorktown (CV-10). The Battleship, USS South Dakota (BB-57) with a U.S. Escort Carrier (CVE) behind in background. A Japanese warplane being fired at by antiaircraft guns. Tracer rounds are seen. Black smoke streaming close to the water from a U.S. ship. White smoke cloud from a bomb burst on a ship. A large Japanese warplane (possibly Mitsubishi G4M "Betty") flying low and fast past U.S. warships firing at it. It flies past a U.S. Fletcher-Class destroyer. Black Flak clouds are low in the air. The destroyer firing guns. Another Fletcher-Class destroyer moving rapidly in the water. Several U.S. warships in single line formation. Japanese aircraft attacking a ship on the horizon. Smoke rising from the ship. Closer view of huge black cloud of smoke rising from water surface and obscuring the burning ship.
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.
A United States chaplain's field memorial services in Vietnam during the Vietnam War at military location YA 939913 Fire Support Base. Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division commanded by LTC D.M. Malone seated on the ground. A Roman Catholic chaplain puts on a camouflaged vestment in preparation for the Mass. Mountains in the background. The chaplain starts the Mass. The soldiers leave for a patrol in the background. They shake hands with the chaplain before they depart. Scenes of the chaplain leading the Mass. The flag of the United States flutters atop the bunker of a 105MM Howitzer position.
War damage in London, England during World War II following aerial blitz bombing by German Luftwaffe. An aerial view of the bomb-damaged city. A view of the destroyed city from Saint Paul's Cathedral gallery (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom) looking northwest over the city fire damage. Ruins of buildings. Smoke rises in the foreground.
United States Army77th Infantry Division in Guam, Japan during the Guam Operations of World war II. Soldiers aboard an army jeep passes over a dirt road in a forest area. A jeep convoy loaded with supplies. The soldiers seated along the road. A dead Japanese man in a small hut. A burning United States M-4 Sherman tank. Soldiers examine two burning Japanese tanks.
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