U.S. and Philippine dignitaries at Corregidor Island, Philippines. Official cars drive past a ruined building at Corregidor Island. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Philippines President Ramon Magsaysay and others walk down a pier. A sign reads 'Philippine Naval Station Port Facilities'. Sailors on the deck of a ship tied up at a dock. U.S. Vice President's wife Patricia Nixon and Philippines first lady Luz Magsaysay, and others board the ship. A motor boat goes away from the ship.
President Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines and United States Vice President Richard Nixon visit Corregidor Island, Philippines. Entrance to the Malinta Tunnel, a tunnel complex built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the island during World War II. Sign on post reads “Malinta Tunnel”. United States Vice President Richard Nixon, President Ramon Magsaysay and others visit the Malinta Tunnel. Nixon and Magsaysay looking at relics from the Pacific War. A guide shows Nixon and Magsaysay the entrance to the USFIP (United States Forces in the Philippines) Headquarters. A sign 'Gen. MacArthur H.Q.'
Reinforcements wade ashore to relieve the United States 2nd Marine Division on Tarawa, during WWII. American flag being raised on Tarawa island after victory. Marines salute the flag. The U.S. marines, who took Tarawa, leave the island.
Commander of U.S. 2nd Marine Raider Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson and his battalion on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. A Marine makes a dirt map. Natives stand. Colonel Carlson waves at the leaving jeep. Jeeps arrive at camp. A truck loaded with Marines pulls away. USMC (United States Marine Corps) F4F fighter nosed over. U.S. Marines at shore of island beach offloading supplies received by ship.
View of Angaur island at sunrise at start of Battle of Angaur in World War II. Aerial view of aircraft carrier. Conning tower on USS Essex. Crew member speaking on on radio headset. Pilot in cockpit of Grumman F6F Hellcat. Fighter planes gathered on deck of the USS Essex (CV-9) near the Palau Islands. Grumman F6F fighters on board start after signal from crew in conning tower. Fighters take off from flight deck. Another Grumman F6F fighter is raised to deck using aircraft lift and takes off. Fighters in formation in the air. Battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) and four cruisers bombard Japanese positions in Angaur. Explosion on top of a hill. Trees destroyed on the coast as seen from a United States Navy ship. Naval artillery firing at Angaur. Landing craft being deployed from ships to land on Angaur.
Aerial view of Peleliu Island during the Battle of Angaur in World War II. Map pointing to the location of Suicide Hill on Angaur Island. 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” troops moving up a narrow gauge railway leading away from phosphate works into a narrow gorge called “Bloody Gulch”. Smoke from Japanese artillery is seen above the gorge. United States infantry soldiers advance along with tanks through Bloody Gulch. Tank operator talking through a radio microphone. Dramatized audio simulates tank communications while in Bloody Gulch. Infantry soldiers trail behind tanks. A tank is hit by Japanese artillery. Soldier runs past moving tanks. Wounded soldiers crawl and lay down in Bloody Gulch. Medics remove a casualty, running to avoid snipers. Infantry troops taking cover. Soldiers assemble a satchel charge. Soldiers run as explosion in front of tanks to clear the gulch. The second battalion resumes their advance. The second battalion splits up to start an encircling maneuver. Soldiers climbs while wearing flame thrower on his back. Machine gun fire towards Suicide Hill.
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