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A Lieutenant holds weapons inspection aboard LST-219 and U.S. troops on LVTs head for shore at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island.

U.S. 81st Division, 323 Infantry Regiment troops at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island during World War II. The soldiers board LST (Landing Ship Tank). The U.S. soldiers on LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) head for shore. The troops on LVTs underway. A Lieutenant holds weapons inspection aboard LST-219. The Lieutenant holds a rifle in his hands. He demonstrates how to load a shell. The soldiers on the deck with rifles look at him. The Lieutenant inspects the rifles of the troops. The soldiers clean rifles on the deck of LST.

Location: Ulithi Atoll Caroline Islands

Date: 1944, September 24

Duration: 1 min 50 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675069713

Seabees construct air strip using graders, dump trucks, power shovels and bulldozers at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Island.

Construction of airstrip at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island during World War II. A bivouac area. The troops in vehicles drive down a muddy road in the area. Palm trees on either side of the road. Tents in the background. The troops walk on a road. The damaged huts. The wreckage in the forest. A sign reads '51st Naval Construction Bn'. A hangar. The Seabees construct roads and air strips using graders, dump trucks, power shovels and bulldozers. The Seabees at work during the construction. The Seebees in a jeep talk to the men. They cut bushes. The gasoline drums piles up. A man on a crane. The men pile gasoline drums on fuel dump with the help of the crane. The construction of airstrip. The dump trucks back up. A crane picking up dirt. A bulldozer rolls down.

Location: Ulithi Atoll Caroline Islands

Date: 1944, December 6

Duration: 2 min 35 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675069717

Bulldozers, power shovels and trucks at work during the reconstruction of Saipan airfield in the Mariana Islands.

Reconstruction of Saipan airfield in the Mariana Islands by American soldiers. Damaged hangars on Saipan airfield due to bombings by Japan. Men beside bulldozers parked in an area. A bulldozer clearing the airstrip. Men set detonation charges on the ground. The bulldozers at work in the background. The charges going off resulting in explosions. Power shovels, bucket elevators and trucks used to reconstruct the airstrip. Equipment at work on the airstrip. Narrow gauge flatcars are loaded with supplies by a crane. The flatcars moving on a path. The supplies are unloaded. A man beside a flatcar. Men beside equipment clearing the airstrip. Two U.S. soldiers sitting on a track and one of them writes 'B & O Express' on the back of a rail cart. The men shake hands. A man beside a rail cart of drums on a track. Men stand on materials in rail carts and the rail carts move. Several tents in view. (World War II period).

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands

Date: 1945

Duration: 1 min 59 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675069992

Members of U.S. Army Air Force 73rd Bombardment Wing paint the undersides of B-29s in Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands.

Members of U.S. Army Air Force 73rd Bombardment Wing paint the undersides of B-29 Superfortresses black for night –flying camouflage in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands during World War II. Men stand on ladders and paint the underside of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Side view of the B-29. B-29s are lined up and are painted.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands

Date: 1945, July 17

Duration: 1 min 7 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675070811

Camouflaged B-29s in formation flight over Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands.

Camouflaged (black painted underside) U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortresses in flight over Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands during World War II. A B-29 in flight. B-29s in formation flight.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands

Date: 1945, July 17

Duration: 1 min 16 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675070812

Engineers use construction equipment to level the land and work to prepare the Operation Sandstone nuclear test site at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands..

U.S. Army Engineers and their role in preparation for the nuclear bomb tests on at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, during Operation Sandstone. Bulldozer being driven up, large crane hoists construction material in the background. Engineers use construction equipment to level the land for atomic bombs testing. An engineer pushes construction material on metal conveyor. Engineers throw sacks on site from a truck trailer. They shovel soil. Front end loader levels the land. Engineers use hand tamper. Engineers work to construct an airstrip and parking area.

Location: Enewetak Atoll Marshall Islands

Date: 1948

Duration: 1 min 34 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675071371

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A Lieutenant holds weapons inspection aboard LST-219 and U.S. troops on LVTs head for shore at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island.

Seabees construct air strip using graders, dump trucks, power shovels and bulldozers at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Island.

Bulldozers, power shovels and trucks at work during the reconstruction of Saipan airfield in the Mariana Islands.

Members of U.S. Army Air Force 73rd Bombardment Wing paint the undersides of B-29s in Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands.

Camouflaged B-29s in formation flight over Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands.

Engineers use construction equipment to level the land and work to prepare the Operation Sandstone nuclear test site at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands..