U.S.Soldier artist painting image of a bull dog wearing boxing gloves, on the fuselage of a B-29. Names painted on B-29s read: "Dumbo, King of the Show; "Miss Behavin;" "Special Delivery;"and "Waddy's Wagon;" B-29s landing on the airfield.
Aerial views of Tarawa Atoll, Pacific Ocean. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) beached. LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) on strip. LST approach beach.
Shores of Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Marines milling around, wreckage after battle. Palm trees along shoreline. Wreckage on Tarawa. Marines mill around on beach. (World War II period).
Japanese troops in the Battle of Corregidor during World War II. Artillery on Bataan being fired upon Corregidor, Philippines. Japanese troops in boats as they land on the coast of Corregidor. Troops advance inland.
U.S. troops wading ashore on Guam, during Marianas campaign, in World War 2. Transport ships in far background. One soldier directing vehicular traffic in the surf, motions to a DUKW amphibious vehicle, carrying a load of troops, that drives past the camera. Troops carrying packs and weapons as they slog through shallow surf. Battle scarred shoreline of sand and palm trees. Vehicles moving through area as troops set up camp. More views of troops wading ashore, through deeper water (tide coming in). Line of amphibious vehicles (DUKWs) coming ashore. Contingent of U.S. troops wading in knee deep water. Some weapons covered in plastic for protection.
U.S. marines departing Guadalcanal as they are relieved by U.S. Army troops of the 23rd Infantry Division. They board landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP), aka Higgins boats, of the USS Neville (AP-16). Two of the marines scrambles aboard one of the boats as its ramp is almost closed. View of marines packed aboard the LCVP as it gets underway. Two transport ships are anchored in the background. The most distant one is the USS Neville (AP-16). Scene shifts to beach crowded with departing marines and Higgins boats. Closeup of a marine holding a cigarette while eating a sandwich, and another with a bandage on his forehead. Numerous views of the beach crowded with marine; palm trees overhead; higgins boats departing to the USS Neville, and two transport ships anchored in the background. Closeups of marines on shore waiting for more Higgins boats to transport them. Scene changes to U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General William Rupertus, Assistant Commander, 1st Marine Division; U.S. Army Major General Alexander Patch, Commander, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal Division) and U.S. Army Brigadier General Edmund Sebree, his Assistant Commander, posing for the camera as they ostensibly discuss a map. They shake hands with each other. General Sebree exchanges salutes with General Rupertus, and they all walk away. Next, the three generals pose for closeups. Film ends showing columns of marines moving along the sides of a road cut through a forest of palm trees.
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