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U.S. flag raising ceremony signifies official securing of the Okinawa Island, Japan during World War II.
Flag raising ceremony by U.S. Army at Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Troops at attention and salute the flag. Soldiers take pictures. Commander-General of USAFPOA (US Army Forces Pacific Ocean Area) Lieutenant General Robert Richardson, Jr. talks to other U.S. officers. Army jeeps parked.
U.S. Marines leave Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands as army takes over during World War II.
U.S. marines departing Guadalcanal as they are relieved by U.S. Army troops of the 23rd Infantry Division. They board landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP), aka Higgins boats, of the USS Neville (AP-16). Two of the marines scrambles aboard one of the boats as its ramp is almost closed. View of marines packed aboard the LCVP as it gets underway. Two transport ships are anchored in the background. The most distant one is the USS Neville (AP-16). Scene shifts to beach crowded with departing marines and Higgins boats. Closeup of a marine holding a cigarette while eating a sandwich, and another with a bandage on his forehead. Numerous views of the beach crowded with marine; palm trees overhead; higgins boats departing to the USS Neville, and two transport ships anchored in the background. Closeups of marines on shore waiting for more Higgins boats to transport them. Scene changes to U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General William Rupertus, Assistant Commander, 1st Marine Division; U.S. Army Major General Alexander Patch, Commander, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal Division) and U.S. Army Brigadier General Edmund Sebree, his Assistant Commander, posing for the camera as they ostensibly discuss a map. They shake hands with each other. General Sebree exchanges salutes with General Rupertus, and they all walk away. Next, the three generals pose for closeups. Film ends showing columns of marines moving along the sides of a road cut through a forest of palm trees.
U.S. Army Military Police guard Japanese prisoners on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.
Japanese prisoners of war carry a wounded Japanese POW on a litter into a fenced prisoner compound on Guadalcanal during World War 2. A sign at the compound reads: "Prisoners of War Camp." Japanese prisoners, all dressed in the same prisoner uniforms, march in casual formation under guard by U.S. Military police.. They leave the compound and march down a road accompanied by MPs.
United States 10th Army invades Okinawa,Japan during World War 2
A film titled ' Invasion of Okinawa' shows Admiral Chester William Nimitz after his declaration to attack Okinawa in Japan. United states 10th Army launches an invasion on Kerama island in Ryukyu,Japan. Admiral Nimitz,General Buckner and Admiral Richmond Turner direct the operations. American soldiers take over the island after heavy bombardment. They invade Okinawa and land on the island behind naval bombardment.
Amphibious forces carried by U.S. Coast Guard, at Guadalcanal and in North Africa during World War II
United States Coast Guard operations in World War 2. Underwater views of ship's anchors being weighed, Convoy of U.S. ships in Pacific Theater, in July, 1942. The Attack Transport, USS Hunter Liggett underway, with crews doing amphibious training. Members of the 1st Marine Division aboard USS Hunter Liggett with Coast Guardsmen. Officers confer aboard vessel. Marines read books on ship. August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines begin amphibious assault against Japanese on Guadalcanal. Naval guns bombard Guadalcanal Island. Marines descend from the USS Hunter Liggett, on nets and enter LCVPs (Higgins boats) operated by Coast Guardsmen, to assault the island. Marines hit the beach from the boats. Marines firing small howitzers and advancing on the island. November 7, 1942, convoy of eight hundred ships en route to North Africa. Warships bombard the shore. An officer observes through binoculars. British and American troops descend on nets into LCVPs from Attack transports: USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13);USS Leonard Wood (APA-12); and USS Samuel Chase (APA-26). Troops hit the beaches of North Africa, under fire.
Losses of U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes during Marianas campaign of World War II, Saipan.
U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt fighters during Mariana campaign of World War 2. Depicts some crashes and battle damage to aircraft on Aslito Airfield (Isley Field) Saipan in Mariana Islands. Opening scene shows P-47D number 43-25324 "Bouncin Bette" of the 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, with severe battle damage from a Japanese 40mm Flak round. This plane was damaged on a raid over Pagan Islands. Mechanics checking over the plane and removing a damaged wing section from it. View across island showing huge crater at a crash site. Huge crowd of U.S. military personnel kept well back from the scene, in the background. Stretcher bearers running out and placing the dead pilot onto the stretcher. Scattered plane and a piece of engineering equipment which the plane crashed into showing the remains of both plane and the engineering equipment. Firemen fighting the fire on burning U.S. Navy FM-2 WIldcat aircraft. that crashed. Several men throwing dirt with shovels onto the burning remains of the plane. Men attending memorial services for lost pilots. Two P-47s buzzing the airfield. P-61 aircraft engines turning over as P-47s making landing. P-61 taking off at dusk. Aerial formation of P-47s buzzing the field at dusk. Aerial formation of four P-47s.
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