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U.S. Marines battle Japanese troops to capture Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II.

U.S. Task Force 58 attacks Japanese held island Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Task Force 58 ships head towards Saipan. A map of Saipan. Carriers, battleships and destroyers of Task Force 58 underway. U.S. Navy Admiral Raymond Spruance aboard a ship. U.S. Naval guns bombard Saipan. Smoke rises from shell explosions on the island. U.S. Marines embark on landing crafts off Saipan. The Marines and U.S. tanks advance on the island. U.S. heavy artillery guns bombard Saipan. The Marines continue to battle Japanese troops as they advance. Japanese installations in ruins. A U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft lands on the island. The American flag is raised. U.S. medics treat wounded soldiers. Japanese women and children are removed to safety by U.S. troops.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073834
Accomplishment of the third phase of operations by U.S. troops on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Animation depicts undertaking of phase III by combat team 25. Allen, Alton, Alvin, Andrew, Anthony and Anton Islands are seized without opposition. Other islands are also secured. The rest of the small island in the west is to be seized. A map of Carillon Atoll. Burlesque Island being located. Rubbled buildings in an area. Men look at the debris. Dead bodies of soldiers in the area. Fingerprints of dead U.S. soldiers are taken before their burial so that they could be identified later.

Location: Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077300
Flag raising ceremonies after surrender of Japanese garrison on Wake Island, Pacific Ocean.

Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. Wake Island on map. Formal Surrender of Japanese garrison on island. Marine officers at Wake Island. Flag raising ceremonies and wreckage of planes on islands. Officers present include USMC General Sanderson, Commander Cross, Commander Masek, Lieutenant Colonel Roberson, and Commander Walter Bayler (who had been the last American to leave Wake Island before its takeover by Japanese forces in December 1941).

Location: Wake Island Pacific Ocean
Date: 1945, September 4
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052562
United States troops take over Tokashiki and Geruama Island prior to invasion of Okinawa.

Invasion of Okinawa. U.S. naval bombardment and shelling on island of Kerama Group. Landing crafts approach beach. LVT (Landing Vechicle, Tracked) move up on beaches of Okinawa. Infantry and armored units of 3rd Battalion, 305th Regimental Combat Team takes immediate control of beach. Japanese caves shelled by howitzers. Troops move inland and further. Japanese suicide boats along caves on shores destroyed by bombs. Japanese interpreter of U.S. 3rd Battalion asks a Korean prisoner in fields to go up hill and persuade Japanese for surrender. Korean prisoner goes towards hill with truce flag. Japanese come down hill. Surrendered Japanese Lieutenant sits with other men. American forces land on another island on Kerama Group where no civilian or military resistance is encountered. Flag rose at captured island. Troops plan invasion of another Kerama Group island aboard ship. Invasion of Tokashiki by U.S. troops. U.S. troops move inland. Troops march along trails on hill. Wrecked houses in town. Officer looks through binocular from observation post. American flag behind officer. Artillery fire shelling Tokashiki Island. (World War II period).

Location: Kerama Islands Pacific Ocean
Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052927
U.S. Forces conduct amphibious landing and establish a position in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, in 1942, during World War 2

U.S. Military establishes new positions in the Aleutian Islands to support offensive against Japanese. A convoy of U.S. ships sail through foggy waters in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in 1942, during WW2. Dozens of U.S. Army soldiers stand on the deck of a ship. Distant view of a harbor near Kiska Island. Under the cover of the fog, U.S. soldiers climb aboard small assault boats. The boats arrive at the island and soldiers spill ashore carrying supplies. Close ups of vehicles and large weaponry coming off Higgins boats (LCVPs) onto the island. Long human chains "bucket brigades" move supplies onto the beaches from the boats. Soldiers wade through the shallow water, laden with supplies. Wider shot of the beach with stacks of supplies and soldiers moving about. An artillery gun rotates, alert and scouting the area.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1942, September
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080976
United States warships and the Marine Corps raid and gain control over the Japanese island of Okinawa, during World War II.

The Pacific Theater of World War II during the Year 1945. Attack on Japanese island of Okinawa by the United States Military. United States Navy ships from the sea, launch a number of missiles towards the islands. The missiles traverse an aerial route and destroy the target Japanese positions. United States Marine Corps raid the island moving in amphibious landing tractors towards the island. Battle between Japanese soldiers and U.S. Marines. American flag hoisted on Okinawa after four months of furious battle. Officials and Military Commanders and soldiers salute the flag.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036365
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