Activities of United States underwater demolition crew off the Palau Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Men of United States underwater demolition crew on board a ship as a boat is lowered into the water. Men load tetratol into the boat. Men at sea place tetratol charges in shallow waters. Men push the boat in the sea as they place tetratol explosive charges in water.
Activities of United States underwater demolition crew in the Pacific Ocean, off the Palau Islands, during World War II. A massive explosion occurs at sea. United States underwater demolition crew in landing craft, Rubber as they near a LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Men aboard the LCVP as explosion occur at sea. Smoke rises.
Sweeping of mines in the Pacific Ocean near Palau Islands during World War II. A convoy of United States Naval transport ships underway at sea. YMS (Auxiliary motor minesweeper) sweep mines at sea. Landing Ship Tanks in the background. Heavy cruiser near the shore. Transport ships and landing crafts in transport area off the shore.
Allied invasion fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean, off the Palau Islands, during World War II. Landing Craft Infantry underway at sea. A wave of LVCP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway to the beach. Admiral Fort and other officers on bridge of a ship look at the operation. Landing Ship Tanks and Landing Vehicle Tanks underway. Landing Vehicle Tanks circle the rendezvous area. Admiral Fort and General Roy Griger on the bridge of a ship look through binoculars and talk to other officers.
Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. A U.S. Army Major General, with other officers, standi next to a communications vehicle on a landing ship in the English Channel. They all wear flotation belts around their waists. The General speaks into a microphone from the communications vehicle. A 173 foot Patrol Craft displaying the number 17, moves near a sunken landing craft.
Allied invasion of Europe during World War 2. Opening scene shows sailors preparing to launch a landing craft. Skies are dark above and some barrage balloons are aloft. A Landing Craft Tank (LCT), filled with soldiers, slowly approaches a secure beachhead where U.S. Army trucks are driving along the beach. Next, the LCT has beached and lowered its front ramp. It is still some way from the beach. Soldiers ride jeeps down the ramp and through the water toward the shore. Some soldiers are seen dug in on the beach. Others march informally along the beach. Jeeps and trucks drive along the beach. Dark black smoke rises in the background An M4 Sherman of the 70th Tank Battalion, fitted with a bulldozer blade, moves past a fallen (dead) soldier partially covered with a tarp, lying on the sand. Small clusters of soldiers are setting up positions in the sand. Medics carry two stretchers towards a landing craft as they wade through the surf. Soldiers wade ashore from a stranded LCT.
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