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The U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps provides numerous support services to troops in the South Pacific in World War II

The U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps delivers laundry and myriad other services in the South Pacific during World War 2. Opening scene show a cartoon sign by the 464th Quartermaster Laundry Company featuring Bugs Bunny in a jeep pulling mobile laundry equipment in wagons. Next, U.S. troops are seen in jungles subject to rain and mud of the South Pacific. A soldier crouches in a riverbed and washes his clothes. A mobile laundry installed near a river. Soldiers using washers and dryers in the facility. Views of larger fixed installation Quartermaster laundry, such as in New Caledonia; Fiji; and the New Hebrides. Quartermaster salvage and repair workers operating sewing machines as they repair military clothing. A sign identifies "Island Quartermaster C&E Repair Shops" (Clothing and Equipage Repair Shops). Here workers sort, repair, and remark sizes on salvaged clothing. Two workers sit in a mound of garments that they cut into rags and toss into a heap behind them. Two workers repair broken shoes. Soldiers' feet seen walking through mud. A stack of army shoes needing repair. A team of army workers using modern machines to repair them. View of finished shoes, as good as if repaired in the U.S.A. Sign identifies Orthopedic Department where a man works on specially designed and fitted shoes prescribed for an injured soldier by a medical officer. A nurse and a doctor place the special shoe on a patient. A nurse assists the patient to walk. Typewriters needing repairs line shelves. Technicians are seen at work stations, repairing typewriters. The final sequence begins with a sign reading: "Tent Repair, Drive in here. All tents must be clean, dry, and folded properly." Quartermaster workers raise a tent inside a shelter and then identify and repair a hole in it by applying fabric glue and a patch.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057554
Signal Corps men string communication lines in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II.

Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Signal Corps men string communication lines on the island. United States Marine infantry men with carbines and a dog as they walk across a beach. Entrance to mountainous caves dug by the Japanese. The Marines on a hill.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057725
U.S. Marine flame thrower shoots flames in a Japanese cave emplacement in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II.

Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A Japanese cave emplacement. A Marine flame throwing team in action on the island. Flames are thrown resulting in rising of smoke.

Date: 1945, March 7
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057728
Explosions occur and wounded Marines are treated in Iwo Jima during World War II.

A film about Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan (Operation Detachment) during World War II. Clip opens with view of simple model of the island. This is followed by battle scenes on Iwo Jima. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Intense battle scenes during Battle of Iwo Jima. A walking wounded Marine with his arm over another Marine is assisted to safety during fire fight. Wounded Japanese prisoner is carried to safety. Scenes of rocket launchers firing rockets at Japanese enemy positions. View behind a Marine as he fires a machine gun. A Marine fires a rifle at a Japanese soldier lying in a ditch. Fire and smoke rises as explosions occur. Another wounded marine in great pain is carried by two fellow Marines for medical care by Corpsman. Blood plasma being administered to a wounded Marine. Flame throwers direct fire on Japanese positions. Artillery fired at Mount Suribachi. United States Marines soldiers through cratered landscape.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057732
Events showing the surrender of Japanese forces to the Allied forces in the Pacific Theater at the end of World War 2

Following victory over Japan in World War 2, a map shows the surrender of Japanese troops to Allied forces in different regions of Pacific Theater during World War II. On Cebu Island in the Philippines, U.S. 8th Army soldiers march several thousand Japanese prisoners along a road. Command of Japanese 34th Army hands over his saber. American soldiers gather piles of swords received in surrender from the Japanese forces. View of mist hanging over Governor's Palace (The Mansion) in Baguio Philippines. General Wainwright and General Percival arrive by car at the mansion. Japanese General Yamashita arrives next and enters the building. General Tomoyuki Yamashita signs surrender documents as General Wainwright and other Allied officers look on. General Yamashita is taken to New Bilibid prison and is seen being escorted into a prison cell.

Date: 1945, August
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058332
American troops aboard United States ship Thomas Barry return home via New York at end of World War II in Europe.

United States troops ship USAT Thomas H. Barry (formerly the SS Oriente) carrying American soldiers as they arrive back home in New York, United States following the end of World War 2 in Europe. Men and women on the dock welcome the troops and wave in the foreground with United States troopship Thomas Barry underway as it approaches pier 16 at Staten Island in New York City, United States. American troops aboard the USAT Thomas Barry as they return from Europe after World War II. People on the pier wave to the soldiers. Troops on board the ship shout and whistle. War brides and babies on board the ship along with the troops. United States ship SS Santa Rosa waiting to dock.

Date: 1945, May 19
Duration: 5 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058760