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U.S. Army tanks of the 710th Tank Battalion fire at Japanese positions at Horseshoe Valley in Palau during World War 2

1st. Platoon, A Company, 710th Tank Battalion of the United States Army supporting U.S. Marines of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, First Marine Division, during a sortie at Horseshoe Valley, Peleliu Island, Palau, in World War II. M4 Sherman tanks are seen moving with Marine infantrymen along a path in the area. Three tanks cluster together and fire at Japanese positions in ridges and cliffs. Smoke rises from striking shells. One Sherman tank is seen backing up past an incinerated tank in the foreground. It turns around and proceeds back up the hill.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, October 7
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063843
Japanese prisoners assembled and some given medical aid. Admiral Nimitz decorates Marines. Guadalcanal, WWII

Allied campaign against Quadalcanal and Solomon Islands during World War II. Captured Japanese Labor Battalion prisoners (called Termites by the Marines) and some Imperial Marines march and are lined up. Japanese prisoners seated behind a barbed wire fence. A Japanese soldier being given first aid. treatment by an American medic. Dead Japanese soldiers from a Regiment commanded by Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki, are seen on the beach at, 'Alligator Creek.' (They fell during a nighttime attack against entrenched U.S. Marines, on 21 August 1942. The ICHIKI Regiment lost 777 killed during their attack. Only six members of the regiment escaped.) Corporal Barney Ross (former U.S. boxing champion) receives a Japanese flag as a souvenir. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz decorates Marine Colonel 'Red' Mike Edson, Commander of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion and U.S. Marine pilots: Major Smith, Captain Carl and Major Gaylor during the ceremonies. Brief glimpse of Marine Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift with Admiral Nimitz

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066968
Wounded U.S. Marines are transferred to an LVT and men see bombardment while seated near a Bofors 40 mm gun in Peleliu.

The invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Wounded U.S. marines lying on stretchers on a beach are given first aid. Wounded men are shifted to a Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT). Men loaded on a crane. Bulldozers level a road. Men sit near a Bofors 40 mm gun, an anti-aircraft auto cannon. Men see the bombardment.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, September 16
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067129
Airmen from 20th Bomber Command Headquarters, Guam, make a fun movie about pilot in cockpit of P-51 aircraft

About a month after the end of World War 2, Airmen at the Headquarters, U.S. 20th Bomber Command, Guam, Marianas Islands, try their hand at movie making for fun. Numerous takes of airman's hand on control stick in cockpit of a P-51. The first is with a glove on. Others are barehanded. He manipulates the control stick and presses weapons firing buttons. In a different scene, a "pilot" sits in cockpit of a dented P-51 and with help of contrived background appears to be flying. He acts somewhat bewildered.

Location: Guam Mariana Islands
Date: 1945, September 24
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067356
American Marines land and advance inland in Guadalcanal.

American Marines and the Japanese forces in Guadalcanal during World War 2. Animation depicts the Allied forces plan against the Japanese forces on islands in the Pacific Ocean. A convoy of U.S. ships. The United States Marines land on Guadalcanal. Marines running out of landing craft while under fire. The Marines move inland. Combat scenes show soldier in prone position firing rifle. A U.S. Marine firing a machine gun at enemy Japanese in jungle area inland of beach during battle. Face of Marine in fox hole. (World War II period).

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1942, August
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067764
Activities of 8th Fighter Group on the deck of a ship underway in Mortoi harbor, Indonesia.

U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group on Morotai Island in Indonesia during World War II. A ship convoy anchored at Morotai harbor. The gun of a destroyer off starboard bow. The soldiers of the fighter group look out from the starboard side of the ship. The soldiers on cots on an enclosed deck. Three soldiers look out from the deck. The soldiers will full equipment, helmets, life- jackets and canteens climb up ladder to posts on the ship. They practice 'Abandon ship drill'. Soldiers in a landing craft underway. They run down a ladder wearing helmets and life belts. The soldiers wait for a signal to throw a life raft over the side of the ship. The soldiers gather around a small dog mascot. The dog. The soldiers play cards on the deck. A soldier deals cards. The soldiers talk and read on the quarterdeck. Officers gathered at a railing on the top deck.

Location: Morotai Island Indonesia
Date: 1944, November 8
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068909
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