U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group aboard a ship underway in the Philippines Sea during World War II. The deck of the ship. A ship convoy underway at sea. Leyte Island in the background. A Landing Ship Tank ( LST ) is lowered from the starboard side. A ship lays a smoke screen to cover the convoy. Soldiers lower the LST into water. The soldiers lower a truck over the starboard into the LST. A hoist pulls a truck from the hold of the ship. GIs in a lading craft anchored to the ship. Lowering of a truck over the side into a landing craft. A truck loaded with supplies is lowered into the LST. Trucks and soldiers in the LST. Another truck with supplies is lowered into the LST. The soldiers cover the trucks on the LST. Soldiers aboard the LST underway towards Leyte beach.
Marines of U.S. 2nd Marine Division moving toward the airfield on Betio, Tarawa atoll, during their amphibious assault against Japanese forces during World War 2. A Stuart M3 light tank driving rapidly at the edge of the field. A wounded marine is brought back in a jeep, under enemy fire. Back at the beachhead, a landing vehicle tracked (LVT) is seen towing several floating packages of supplies to the shore. Chaplain's assistants tend to U.S. marine dead lying on a beach. They remove on dog tag from each for registering while leaving the other for identification. Marine General Holland M.Smith, Commander of V Amphibious Corps, and Major General Julian C. Smith, Commander. 2nd Marine Division, are seen walking together and then consulting with Rear Admiral Harry W. Hill, Commander Amphibious Group Two, Fifth Amphibious Force. Marines using a bulldozer to dig Japanese defenders out of a pill box. This yields a half dozen Japanese prisoners, the first to be taken. Wounded American marines are given first aid and then seen being lowered in steel litters into landing craft and then being transferred to a transport ship, offshore.
Fallen U.S. marines lying on the beach and floating in the waters of Betio, Tarawa atoll, after the amphibious assault by 2nd Marine Division during World War 2. Flag draped coffin of a marine carried on deck of a transport ship where chaplains conduct funeral service for burial at sea. Marine honor guard fires salute as others salute.
U.S. troops board transports bound for Africa during World War II . U.S. troops carrying their necessary supplies walk on a dock. The troops embark a transport ship. Trucks, weapons and supplies are loaded on the transport ship. Ships underway at sea. A soldier looks through binoculars. American and British convoys rendezvous near Gibraltar. U.S. troops on a deck cheer. A convoy of ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Soldiers perform a drill on a deck. A gunner aboard a ship keeps a watch on the sea and the sky. A gun mounted on the deck. A destroyer underway alongside the transport ship to give orders. Officers look into the orders. Coast of Oran in the background. The troops in a barge which is lowered. They unload the barge at a harbor. Barges approach the harbor. U.S. trucks and tanks are unloaded at the harbor. A lieutenant speaks to natives. The natives help in unloading the supplies. Equipment is massed on beaches
American and Australian infantry moving along a dirt path in New Guinea, during World War 2. They pass damaged Japanese tanks and are seen sitting on one posing for the camera. Coming ashore from a small boat, the troops pass a beached Japanese landing boat full of shell holes. A group of Australians, in a landing boat, display a captured Japanese flag. Allied troops moving along wet jungle paths and crossing a wooden bridge. Australian soldiers pull U.S. howitzers through the jungle mud by means of ropes. A lookout in a rugged watch tower observes a C-47 cargo plane as it airdrops supplies. View of Allied soldiers sitting around a fire enjoying their dinner.
A documentary titled 'Hell For Leather' shows combat activities of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division during wars. Dramatization shows a 1st Cavalry soldier seated on a step and his son touches the insignia of the U.S. 1st Cavalry division on the uniform. Reenacted footage of Cavalry unit battling Native American Indians at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Next scene shows training of U.S. Army cavalry troops for World War 2, as they run an obstacle course and practice bayonet drills. The troops undergo combat training. They practice amphibious landings and crawling near razor wire. Animated map shows the amphibious attacks on Los Negros Island in 1944. A ship underway and soldiers on the deck of the ship. Ship guns are fired in Battle of Los Negros. The U.S. Army troops load a Landing Craft and it gets underway. They approach the shore and get off from the landing craft at the beach. The troops hold guns and advance in jungle region, firing rifles and machine guns, engaging enemy Japanese marines protecting the airfield. The U.S. Army troops firing and advancing against the Japanese. The wounded soldiers on a stretcher. The soldiers fire artillery and mortars. View of dead Japanese troops. The U.S. troops advance. U.S. General MacArthur praises a soldier. 'Bataan' written on the barrel of a gun.
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