During World War 2, three pilots of Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) stand in front of Billboard displaying their squadron symbol of a red devil with spear and cape. It also displays silhouettes of Japanese ships they had struck. View of the newly constructed airstrip at Ulithi, as an F6F aircraft takes off. It is followed, in turn, by a C-47 (R4D),a PBY, and another F6F. Aerial view of Ulithi and the new broad runway running across the atoll.
Nuclear weapon tests during Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The day on which the operation was undertaken is called Able Day. An atomic bomb explosion. Aerial view of the explosion. Formation of a mushroom cloud.
Nuclear weapon tests during Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The day on which the operation was undertaken is called Able Day. An atomic bomb explosion. A close view of the explosion. Formation of a mushroom cloud. Clouds in the sky.
Nuclear weapon tests during Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. An atomic bomb explosion. A cloudy sky. Formation of a mushroom cloud due to the explosion. A close view of the mushroom cloud.
Removal of atomic test air sampling equipment from an aircraft at Enewetak atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Pacific Ocean on day of Able shot in Operation Crossroads tests. United States Army Air Force DB-17P Flying Fortress drone controllers aircraft parked at an air base. Men working near the aircraft. Other airplanes parked at the airbase. Men remove camera equipment and air sampling devices from the aircraft.
Recovery of Marines wounded in Saipan during World War II. United States ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during the battle of Saipan in WW2. Naval guns aboard the ship bombard the coast. United States troops aboard transport ships. Landing crafts loaded with Marines move towards the shore. Troops land at the coast amidst heavy firing. Medical Company and Corpsmen arrives at the beach and looks after the wounded Marines. Marines fire machine gun and tanks roll. Injured Marines on stretchers being carried away. Litter patients being placed into ambulance jeep and carried away. Medical officer examines the wounded and provides first aid to them. Wounded U.S. troops on stretchers being placed in a jeep and walking wounded being helped to get into the jeep. Jeep carries the injured Marines to Regimental aid station. Doctor checks the injured Marines and treats them. Tags being prepared for each patient. Records being maintained. Wounded being loaded onto a jeep and the jeep is driven away to a collecting station. At the collecting station Marines at work.
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