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Allied aircraft bomb Japanese installations in Puerto Princesa Island, Philippines.

Allied aircraft bomb Japanese base in Puerto Princesa Island, Philippines. Liberator aircraft in flight. An animated map shows the movement of the planes from Morotai to Puerto Princesa Island. Aircraft bomb Japanese installations. Smoke and explosions. Enemy airstrips are bombed. Aerial view of land. Planes in formation. (World War II period).

Location: Puerto Princesa Island Philippines
Date: 1945
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053543
Rescued American war prisoner Edwin Petry describes his escape from a Japanese prison camp in World War 2

A MIS-X officer representing the Prisoners of War Branch interviews American soldiers who escaped from and were then rescued from Japan's 10-A camp in Palawan, Philippines. Private first class Edwin A Petry describes the murder of American soldiers by forcing them to enter a bomb shelter, pouring gasoline, setting the gasoline alight and shooting the men who tried to escape. With the help of a map he also describes how he along with a companion managed to escape from the prison camp by crashing through the barbed wire and swimming across the bay. They were later evacuated to Morotai by 13th Army Air Force Catalina.

Location: Morotai Island
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037628
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
An enlisted man tacks bulletins on a board and a man enters a medical tent on Morotai Island in Indonesia.

U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group on Morotai Island, Indonesia during World War II. A sign on a tree outside an S-1 building reads '8th Fighter Group Headquarters'. Tall palm trees in the background. The headquarters set in a grove of palm tress across the water. A jeep plows through mud. Tents in the camp area. A man walks across a road. An enlisted man tacks bulletins on a board. Clothes on a string. A medical tent. A man enters the tent. A sign on the tent reads 'Medic'.

Location: Morotai Island Indonesia
Date: 1944, November 4
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068810
An enlisted man of 8th Fighter Group clicks a photograph and officers walk on a rocky path on Morotai Island, Indonesia.

U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group on Morotai Island, Indonesia during World War II. An enlisted man clicks a photograph of four enlisted men at a camp area. A road in the camp area and a trailer stationary on the road. An ocean in the background. A grove of palm trees across the camp area. Tents in between the palm trees. Officers come out and walk on a rocky path.

Location: Morotai Island Indonesia
Date: 1944, November 4
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068811
A medic bandages the wrist of an enlisted man and a camp on Morotai Island in Indonesia.

U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group, 36th Fighter Squadron on Morotai Island in Indonesia during World War II. A damaged gasoline trailer at a camp area. A bomb hole at the side the trailer. An ocean in the background. A United States Army Air Force B-24 Liberator aircraft comes in for landing. A jeep and a truck drive past over a rough road. Enlisted men take showers in open air shower area. A sign on a tree reads '36th Fighter Squadron'. The camp area under the trees. Men unload gas drums from a truck. A dispensary tent. A medic bandages the wrist of an enlisted man. A Red Cross sign and 'Dispensary, 36th Ftr Sq.' written on the tent. Operations and Intelligence building. A man enters the building. Another man at work in the building. A foxhole in the tent area. The helmets of the enlisted men on the top of the foxhole. The men put on the helmets.

Location: Morotai Island Indonesia
Date: 1944, November 4
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068812
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