United States Navy officers aboard USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) look through sextant around Peleliu Island, Palau, in the Pacific, during World War II. An officer writes on paper. Signal flags flutter on mast of ship. Destroyer ship USS Melvin (DD-680)passes by. Sailor operates signal blinker.
U.S. Marines Corps wounded during World War 2 Battle of Tarawa. Marine lying on stretcher while blood is transfused into his body by a medic. Wounded Marine is carried by corpsmen on stretcher and lowered to a rubber boat while a plane passes over the island.
Astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during a debriefing about Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission, at Grand Turk Island. Lt Commander Glenn, Captain Grissom and other Mercury Project personnel are seated around table.
Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter speaks to reporters at Grand Turk Island, following his return from Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission. Lieutenant Commander John Glenn stands beside Carpenter as he speaks. Astronauts Scott Carpenter and John Glenn proceed through line in dining hall, followed by other Mercury project personnel.
U.S. Marines battle Japanese forces on Saipan, Marianas Islands, during World War 2. Views across the valley to Mt Topotchau. Explosions from artillery shells. Smoke arises from the shelling..
Japanese forces fire artillery at Corregidor Island, during Japanese occupation of Philippines during World War II. Smoke rising from Corregidor under bombardment. Japanese troops land on Corregidor, the Philippines, on May 5 1942. A soldier watches enemies' action through binoculars. Soldiers fire artillery in the field. General Wainwright surrenders. He sits with other officers and Japanese officers and discusses. Japanese soldiers lower the American flag. Japanese troops Banzai cheer and celebrate their victory. They raise the Japanese flag. Captured Americans and Filipino prisoners of war departing Mariveles during the Bataan Death March, under Japanese guard. Map shows Japanese targets for invasion in other areas like Malay, Borneo, and New Guinea. Close up view of Japanese soldier's face. Briefing documents labeled Secret are opened and reviewed. Airplanes on the ground. U.S. And Australian troops march in Australia. Animated globe shows different countries. View of armament and artillery production factory operation in the United States supplying war materiel. Close up views of faces of war production workers. Animation and models show a supply line through which supplies are transferred to Australia. Lockheed P-38 Lightning wrapped in camouflage is lowered onto a transport ship deck. U.S. Army tank loaded onto ship and American troops go ashore in Australia. United States planes bomb and sink Japanese ships in the Bismarck Sea on March 2, 1943. View of American machine gunner firing machine gun from aircraft in flight toward enemy Japanese ships. Cockpit point of view shot out of American aircraft as it bombs and strafes Japanese ship. Bombs away view as U.S. aircraft release bombs. Smoke rises from the burning Japanese ships. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz meet and discuss strategy and review maps. Animation shows different potential routes for American forces to return to the Philippines.
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