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American entertainers perform for servicemen in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands during World War II.

American entertainers in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands during World War II. Comedian Bob Hope at a microphone. Patty Thomas walks on to the stage. She performs a dance for servicemen. Bob Hope dances with her. View of soldiers in audience enjoying the show. Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna at a microphone as they perform. Hope and Colonna with an officer at the microphone.

Date: 1944, July 25
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057646
Bob Hope dances with Patty Thomas while performing for servicemen in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands during World War II.

American entertainers of the USO in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands during World War II. Patty Thomas performs a dance on a stage for servicemen. Bob Hope dances with Patty Thomas. U.S. Army soldiers and U.S. Navy sailors watch the entertainers performing.

Date: 1944, July 25
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057647
General Spaatz and others visit the headquarters of the 313th Bombardment wing in Tinian, Mariana Island.

General Carl Spaatz in Tinian, Mariana Island during World War II. U.S. General Carl Spaatz, General Barney M. Giles, General Nathan Twining talk to General John Davies, Commanding General of 313th Bombardment Wing near a jeep at an airfield. Rear of an aircraft in the background. General approach the headquarters of the 313th Bombardment Wing. Two signs read ' Commanding General' Chief of staff' another sign in the background reads ' Headquarters 313th Bombardment wing '

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059564
General Spaatz decorates Sergeant Klabo with Legion of Merit award in Tinian, Mariana Island during World War II.

General Carl Spaatz in Tinian, Mariana Island during World War 2. A Military Police officer salutes as a jeep arrives. U.S. Army officers step from the jeep. Four officers stand under a tree. A U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-29 aircraft with a sign on the fuselage that reads ' Goin Jessie. ' General Carl Spaatz , USAAF Chief of Staff, pins a Legion of Merit medal on Master Sergeant Einar (Curly) Klabo. Klabo salutes the General. Crew men lift Klabo on their shoulders. ( Note: "Goin Jessie" flew 50 combat missions with the 9th Bomb Group, 5th Squadron, while M/Sgt Klabo was her crew chief. She never had an abort.)

Date: 1945, August 6
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059565
General Spaatz on Tinian Island meeting with officers, touring facility, and awarding Legion of Merit to Sergeant Klabo.

General Carl Spaatz in Tinian, Mariana Island during World War 2. General Barney M. Giles, General Nathan Twining talk to General John Davies, Commanding General of 313th Bombardment Wing near a jeep at an airfield. Rear of an aircraft in the background. Officers get into a jeep. General approach the headquarters of the 313th Bombardment Wing. A U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 aircraft with a sign on the fuselage that reads ' Goin Jessie ' General Carl Spaatz pins up a Legion of Merit award onto Sergeant Klabo.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059566
Admiral Richmond Turner guides Admiral Chester Nimitz and other officers on tour of Kwajalein Island in World War II

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Richmond Turner (in garrison hat) converses with Admiral Chester Nimitz and officers accompanying him on visit to Kwajalein island during World War 2. They walk about the debris left after the battle of Kwajalein. The area is dominated by broken trees and foliage. They climb into three jeeps. Change of scene shows the group posing for a photograph. (An inverted color image of the Cruiser, USS Indianapolis (CA-35) is momentarily inserted here.) Back on Kwajalein, damaged remains of Japanese fuel drums are seen. Admiral Nimitz and party walk across remnants of shattered trees and foliage. They pause near destroyed remains of Japanese structures. Suddenly, an image of the USS Indianapolis appears (rightside up, this time). Glimpse of a U.S. Navy PB2Y Coronado flying boat overhead. A succession of fuzzy scenes. A scene turned sideways. Admiral Turner (in garrison cap, holding a cup of coffee) converses with visiting officers. Admiral Nimitz, seen momentarily, with arms akimbo.The visiting officers board jeeps.

Date: 1944, February
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072047