Military personnel at a recreation area in the Pacific, near the end of World War Two. Men and women, in bathing suits, pose at the beach. A woman climbs a coconut tree. Men sun bathe at the beach. A woman sun bathing on a towel at the beach. A copy of YANK magazine is on the sand next to her. A man gives a coconut to women. A small boat can be seen near the beach. And a Military Policemen, in uniform, can be seen standing on the beach.
View from a ship of a parachute descending over the Pacific Ocean. Four U.S. carrier-based fighter aircraft seen in formation overhead. Navy hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9) underway. A U.S. destroyer passes in front of the hospital ship. A sick sailor, on a stretcher, is transferred ship-to-ship by means of lines and tackle rigged between the ships.
A convoy of U.S. warships, including aircraft carrier, destroyers, and other ships, underway in the Pacific Ocean. Flak bursts are seen above the aircraft carrier, and then several bombs explode in the water off to her starboard. Tracer rounds are seen marking antiaircraft fire at Japanese airplane, which is hit and dives into the sea. The convoy continues on course at high speed. Four U.S. carrier-based fighter aircraft appear overhead, and one lands on an aircraft carrier. (World War II period).
U.S. carrier-based aircraft pursue and fire upon a Japanese aircraft. They also attack a Japanese warship, which begins to burn and belch clouds of black smoke.
View on deck of a U.S. Aircraft Carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Several officers meet and shake hands with others. Group of officers converse on deck. TBF Avenger aircraft are seen behind them on deck, with wings folded.
Several sailors are seen behind a gunwale watching a replenishment ship, off their ship's stern, to starboard, underway in choppy seas, as part of a convoy of U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean, during World War II.
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