King George V of Great Britain visits the Royal Navy's Hospital ship, HMHS Plassy, at Scapa Flow, in the Orkneys, on June 23, 1917, during World War 1. The original Lascar (Asian) crew of the P&O (Peninsular and Oriental) ship , is seen lined up, in whites, on the deck of the Hospital ship, as King George walks past them, slowly ,accompanied by captain, Edward de Walrond Wells Bruce, and officers of the ship's company. On another deck, the King and his party stop to greet the uniformed medical staff, including nurses. An aide introduces each medical staff person by name, and the King shakes hands with each and converses briefly with some. The King visits wounded in the ship's medical ward. He converses with one patient, before proceeding to visit others.
Allied forces in Palau during World War II. An aircraft lands at an airstrip in Palau. Allied forces fire artillery. Smoke rises. U.S. Marines advance across a field. A U.S. Marines Corps F4U Corsair aircraft in flight as it attacks Japanese positions. A column of smoke rises. The Marines load shells in an artillery and fire at Japanese cave positions. Wounded Marines on the ground. The wounded being placed on a litter and rescued amidst heavy shelling. A landing craft with troops loaded on to it heads for a beach. Aircraft in flight as they bombard the coast. Crafts arrive at the coast. Artillery being fired as tanks advance.
Allied forces in Palau during World War II. A mortar crew loads shells and fires at Japanese positions. The Japanese come forward to surrender to U.S. Marines. A Japanese walks up to a cave to request surrender from fellow Japanese. Japanese soldiers surrender. A pill box explodes as smoke rises.
Wounded from the destroyer, USS Braine (DD-630) being transferred on Stokes Stretcher, to the USS New Mexico, during the Marianas campaign of World War 2. Wounded on stretcher, being lowered onto deck of the battleship, USS New Mexico (BB-40) and carried to sickbay. Ship's medical officer being transferred to the USS Braine on a breeches buoy.
The bombing of Palau in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy F4U Corsair in flight over Palau. The airplane drops napalm incendiary bombs over the target area. The Napalm bomb hitting the hillside. Black smoke arising from explosion during fight against enemy Japan.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman on USS Williamsburg in Bermuda during his holidays. Truman wearing a cap stands on the bridge of USS Williamsburg. A view of Bermuda landscape. The President and the commanding officer of the ship on the navigation bridge. A naval air station in Bermuda. Men man a rail on a rescue tug. Bermuda in the background. A motor launch with canopies on it. A small boat underway. A floating dry dock in the background. Three U.S. Navy Martin PBM Mariner aircraft in flight.
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