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Radioman George Ray Tweed speaks about suffering inflicted by Japanese on Chamorros natives in Guam.

Chamorros in Guam during the Battle of Guam. U.S. soldiers pass along streets of Guam. M-tanks are transported, ships in the background. Interior of office: George Ray Tweed, Chief radiomen on Guam who, with the help of locals hid out for the duration of the Japanese occupation, talks about violence that Japanese inflicted on Chamorro natives. He shows hideouts, from where soldiers fought. He talks to an officer. Chamorro natives pray for dead. Dead bodies with cut heads. Dead soldiers lying on ground showing brutality. Chamorro natives get food, medical care and infant care. (World War II period).

Location: Guam
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072060
U.S. troops and Chamorro natives work together to rebuild Guam after World War II.

Chamorros in Guam during the Battle of Guam. A man plays whistle. Chamorro natives gather. Plans for Guam people shown. American soldiers load shells into artillery. Bulldozer levels land to construct airfield. An aircraft lands. During the war: naval battle, guns fired, ships underway at sea. A letter from Secretary of Navy James Forrestal depicts the U.S. progress in Guam.

Location: Guam
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072061
Admiral Halsey celebrates Japanese surrender with a special cake aboard USS Missouri in the Pacific Ocean.

William Frederick Halsey celebrates Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri underway at sea. U.S. Navy Admiral and Commander of Third Fleet William Frederick Halsey, Jr and other senior U.S. and British Navy officers raise a toast aboard USS Missouri as they receive news of Japanese surrender. They are seated at a table. A special cake decorated with Japanese rising sun is brought. A marine holding a bayonet stands behind the group. After the cake is placed on the table, the marine proffers the bayonet to Admiral Halsey, who uses it to cut the cake and serves it. He eats the cake. Views of Admiral Halsey as he speaks.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1945, August 23
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072159
Unwounded men and ammunition is found as U.S. Navy 7th Fleet officers capture a Japanese mercy ship in the South Pacific Ocean.

A Japanese mercy ship is captured in the South Pacific Ocean during World War II.. A Japanese mercy ship underway at sea. U.S. Navy 7th Fleet officers capture the Japanese mercy ship. Unwounded men come off the ship. Cases of 75mm ammunition are uncovered. Labels 'Medical Supply' on the ammunition. Prisoners are taken in custody.

Location: South Pacific Ocean
Date: 1945, August 23
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072160
De Gaulle is greeted by Byrnes and meets President Truman at the White House in Washington DC.

President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Charles De Gaulle arrives in Washington DC. An aircraft taxis at the Washington Airport. Charles De Gaulle arrives and is greeted by United States Secretary of State James Francis Byrnes. Motorcars arrive at the White House. Honor guards standing at attention. De Gaulle meets U.S. President Harry S. Truman.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1945, August 23
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072161
Sailors are released on point system, workers leave war plants and line up for new jobs in Long Beach, New York.

U.S. Navy sailors return to civil life in Long Beach, New York after as soldiers and sailors are discharged at end of World War II. The sailors are among the first groups to be released in Long Beach on a point system. Sailors at a separation center stand in line a pay windows to receive paychecks and then attend group ceremonies to receive honorable discharge papers. Workers leave war production plants at the end of a shift. Civilians line up in cities for new jobs in post-war industries. Clothes iron presses, washing machines, and new 1946 Ford cars on assembly lines being built in peacetime economy.

Location: Long Beach New York USA
Date: 1945, August 23
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072162
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