Buildings at a beach on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. Buildings amid palm trees on the beach. A directional sign to a tailor shop. U.S. airmen walk on the streets. A stylized cross on a chapel wall. The entrance to the medical dental complex. Quarters and new buildings under construction.
Allied troops aboard a ship on their way to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea during World War II. U.S. soldiers on the deck of an LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway in the Pacific Ocean. A soldier with a pet cockatoo. View of helmsman at the wheel. View from porthole of troops on the deck of the LST . Closeup of two playing chess. Glimpse of ship's Coast Guard officers on the bridge. Sailor in the Crow's nest. Glimpse of other ships in the convoy. Sailors man antiaircraft guns on deck. View of interesting cloud formations over the water as seen from ship's deck. Soldiers, antiaircraft guns, and another ship, silhouetted against sky at dawn or sunset. More shipboard views and views of the convoy. Landing craft head toward the shore of Manus Island. Several subchasers pass at high speed. Smoke rising from Manus Island. A Hahan-Dunlap class destroyer, at anchor. View from camera LST as it and others approach the shore of Manus Island. Closeups of LSTs at the shore, with numerous palm trees on the beach. Beach covered with men and equipment. Truck drives off an LST and heads ashore where camp is already well established with tents.
U.S. Weasel M-29C in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A Weasel tows a 40 mm anti aircraft gun as it unloads from a landing craft at a beach. The Weasel tows the gun along the beach. Supplies loaded on to the Weasel in Leyte island. It also carries personnel. A jeep being winched from mud as a Weasel tows it.
Allied invasion of Palau Islands during World War II. A coast under bombardment as smoke rises. Shells splash among landing crafts near a beach. Allied troops aboard a Landing Craft Vehicle wait for a signal. Medics administer blood plasma to a wounded on the beach. Wounded soldiers being carried on litters. A corpsman administers first aid and records information.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A Marine speaks over a phone. A wounded Japanese on a stretcher being loaded onto an ambulance truck. Smoke rises from Red Beach in Iwo Jima. A Marine swaps his shoes for Japanese shoes on a beach. A wrecked tank. A Marine carrying a rifle.
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. Four LCIs ( Landing Craft Infantry ) underway. A dim coastline in the background. Sea gulls fly overhead. A British cruiser of the Country Class underway and smoke rises from its stacks. A steel barge being loaded down with heavy gear. An LCT ( Landing Craft Tank ) and an LCM ( Landing Craft Mechanized ) near Normandy beachhead as barrage balloons fly overhead. An LST ( Landing Ship Tank ) on the beach as it unloads heavy equipment. Rough sea breaks over the wreckage at the beach. A cargo ship anchored off the coast of Normandy with a rough sea in the foreground.
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