Outtakes from a film called 'Fighting Lady' about the United States campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Dead Japanese soldiers in an anti tank trench that also has some water. Soldiers, of the U.S. 27th Infantry Division, carry remains of a Japanese soldier on a stretcher and unload the body into the burial trench. A column of U.S. soldiers walks along a sand path, past destroyed Japanese built structures. Views of destroyed buildings.
U.S. Marines on Gilbert Island, Kiribati during World War II. Wreckage of equipment on island. Two jeeps pass in the foreground. One jeep pulls trailer and the other pulls 37mm gun. Five U.S. Marines unfold a Japanese flag. Wrecked Japanese four engined seaplane in water near the beach.
U.S. Marines on Gilbert Island, Kiribati during World War II. Marines move down cargo nets from ship into awaiting LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). LCVP approaches shore, U.S. tank moves from shore through jungle terrain in the background.
U.S. Army troops from elements of the 27th Infantry Division, clamber down a rope net over the side of the Attack Cargo Ship, USS Alcyone (AKA-7) and board her landing craft for an amphibious assault on Makin Island, during World War 2 in the Pacific. Views of Higgins Boats (landing craft) underway, some from the USS Leonard Wood (APA-12). Explosions on the shore from Naval bombardment. View from inside a packed landing craft approaching the shore. Gunfire from U.S. Naval warships offshore. Various views of the landing craft underway. An aircraft flying close over the water in the background. A wounded person being hoisted aboard one of the transport ships. Heavy black smoke rising from Naval gunfire striking the shore. A line of landing craft. View from front of a landing craft about to hit the beach. U.S. troops wading ashore.
A column of U.S. Army troops from elements of the 27th Infantry Division, make their way through destroyed Japanese structures on Makin Island, during World War 2. They patrol through jungles and engage in fire fights with Japanese defenders. One U.S. Army soldier carries a wounded soldier on his back. U.S. troops occupy an area of thatched roof huts. U.S. Army M3 Lee medium tanks moving across the sand. A wrecked Japanese ship in the surf. More views of U.S. M3 Lee tanks firing at the wrecked ship. U.S. aircraft bombing Japanese ships near the shore.
U.S. Troops land, advance and fight on Makin Island in Pacific Ocean. Dive bombers strafe and bomb Japanese bases. A soldier talks on radio. U.S. Army tanks seen. Huge explosion and fires. Korean laborers and dead enemy soldiers seen. Lt. Colonel James Roosevelt seen. (World War II period).
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