Japanese prisoners in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Japanese prisoners are marched. Wounded prisoners carried on stretchers. MP (Military Police) stands guard. U.S. Marines leave the beach in landing craft. Prisoners march behind barbed wire.
Battle of Angaur in Palau Islands during World War II. Aerial views show smoke rising from burning Japanese installations on Angaur. Shoreline of Angaur. Damaged Japanese buildings. U.S. landing crafts around beach. U.S. ships and landing crafts of task force off the coast of Angaur.
U.S. Army Air Forces fighter strafes Japanese ground targets in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Aerial view of fighter barracks near beach and a small Japanese cargo ship. Strafing of warehouses. Smoke billows up from burning buildings. Strafing of warehouses. Fighter strafes Japanese plane parked on airfield.
U.S. 1st Cavalry Division establishes beachhead at Pohang, Korea during Korean War. Animated map of South Korea depicts U.S. landings on east coast and highlights Pohang. U.S. LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) and landing crafts head for beach of Pohang. U.S. soldiers disembark from landing craft. Equipment including bulldozer and trucks are unloaded. Soldiers and equipment advance inland. Commanding General of U.S. 1st Cavalry Division Major General Hobart R Gay holds a conference at commanding post of U.S. 8th cavalry regiment which includes Assistant Commanding General of U.S. 25th Infantry Division Ellis Warner Williamson and Commanding Officer of 8th Cavalry Division Colonel Ray D. Plummer. Welcome sign erected by South Koreans for U.S. officials. U.S. soldiers march.
Pre-invasion practice by United States troops on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands for invasion of Philippines in World War II. U.S. soldiers unload LCVPs (Landing Crafts, Vehicle, Tracked) at Teters, Guadalcanal. 155mm shells are carried forward and stock-piled on beach. Soldiers form in line and unload rations.
Chief Juda of Marshall Islands is seen accompanied by another Marshellese (possibly interpreter), standing in front of a sign which reads 'Absolutely No Swimming in Dock Area, by Order of SOPA' (Senior Officer Present Afloat). (Chief Juda, or King Juda, as called by the American forces, was the chief of the residents of the Bikini Island , who numbered 160 native people from 11 families.) They walk toward a beach and talk to each other. Something attracts their attention and both men point offshore. Views of United States ships anchored off coast in readiness for Operation Crossroads Atomic test.
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