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Soldiers on a U.S. war ship destroy Japanese aircraft flying off the coast of the Northern Mariana Islands.

A U.S. Task Force destroys Japanese aircraft in the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II. The Japanese aircraft in flight. A U.S. war ship in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. soldiers at a gun barrel. Explosions in the air. A Japanese aircraft catches fire and plunges in the sea.

Date: 1944, March 20
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067067
Peleliu, Palau Islands, during WW II. U.S. Marine gun crew cleans M1A1 155 mm gun. A marine reads a letter.

Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. United States Marine gun crew push swab through the bore of their M1A1 155 mm gun to clean it. The marines,stripped to the waist, push the swab back and forth. View down a line of marines, cleaning the gun with swab on a pole. Hands of a marine as he cleans parts of the gun. Marine with the earphones on while reading a private letter. He jumps and starts waving his letter with joy after getting the news that his wife gave birth to a baby. Marines crowded around him as they pat and congratulate him. The marine with earphones on and letter in hand gives cigars to other marines. The marines laugh.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067107
U.S. Marine Gun battery firing M1A1 155mm long gun at Japanese positions in darkness in Peleliu, Palau Islands.

U.S. Marines operating in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Blackness of night interrupted by occasional flashes from United States Marine Corps gun battery firing M1A1 155mm long gun at Japanese positions in hills to the North.

Date: 1944
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067108
The United States Marine Corp Caption Nick Molino unloads shells from cases and plays with a dog in Peleliu, Palau Islands

The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. The United States Marine Corp Captain Nick Molino unloads shells from cases for the M114 155 mm howitzer. A mascot dog stands on the stack of ammunition. The marine plays with the dog.

Date: 1944
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067109
The marines fire M1 rifle in underbrush and Herman Henry Hanneken talks to them in Peleliu, Palau Islands.

The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Two United States Marines stand in underbrush as he looks towards a distance. Marines walk through dense jungle. Some of the marines carry a wounded marine on a litter. The United States marine corps Brigadier General Herman Henry Hanneken talks to other marines in underbrush terrain. The marines wear dungarees with full combat gear and camouflaged helmets. Two marines in dense jungle as they fire M1 rifle towards a distance.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067110
Marines set up an M114 155 mm howitzer in a jungle and fire shells from it in Peleliu, Palau Islands.

The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. An M114 155 mm howitzer set up in a jungle. United States 7th Marines clean the gun barrel of the howitzer. The marines prepare to fire from the howitzer. A line of howitzers on a field. Firing from M114 155 mm howitzers. A marine opens a breech of a gun and ejects an empty shell. The marine runs with another shell and inserts it into the breech. The breech is closed. The M114 155 mm howitzers fire. The barrel of an M114 155 mm howitzer as it fires. Gun crewmen stand near the howitzer. The marines pull an ammunition cart. They carry 155mm shells on the shoulders and walk towards the the 155mm howitzer.

Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067111