Bomb loading activities on USS Makin Island. Men move bombs on truck. Men bombing up aircraft TBMs. TBMs taxi on flight deck for take off. (World War II period).
Ships at anchor in island area. LCI underway. Tugs approach and ship is moored using hawsers.
Band of the Thirty Seventh Division play for the Santo Tomas internees in Manila in Philippine Islands. Civilian internees applaud the performers. Several internee children dance and perform on stage.
A group of United States Marines dressed in khaki and WAC (Women's Army Corps) stand in front of Army Headquarters at Leyte Island during World War II. A Marine talk to a WAC. WAC personnel smiling while talking to the Marine. Tropical trees in the background.
Allied invasion of Iheya-Jima Island late during World War II. Allied troops aboard a Landing Ship Tank (LST) underway at sea. Other vessels underway with the coast in the background. Smoke rises as beach comes under heavy bombardment. Antiaircraft gun fired. Flak bursts and smoke rises.
Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Hospital ship USS Samaritan (AH-10) in foreground. Other ships in the bay. Fire in the background. An invasion fleet off Iwo Jima. Fire burns on the island. (World War II period).
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