81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” mortar and artillery crews bombard Japanese positions at Suicide Hill during the Battle of Angaur in World War II. Artillery officers communicate and give orders through telephone and walkie-talkie. An M2 4.2-inch mortar firing as a crewman load shells into it. Explosion from mortar fire hitting Japanese positions. Artillery crew firing howitzer. Crewmen duck and cover their ears as mortar fire. Japanese positions are bombarded by mortar and artillery fire all day and night. Medics treat wounded patients the day after the bombardment. Medics lay down a stretcher carrying a soldier. They place another soldier on a stretcher. The medics carry the soldier away. Medics drive a Jeep carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. A wounded man being carried over by two soldiers. Soldiers resting outside a makeshift hospital. A doctor treats the wounds of 322nd Regimental Commander Colonel Benjamin W. Venable. Colonel Venable receives IV fluids Close view of IV fluid bottles hanging from ceiling. Medics carry Colenel Venable out of hospital.
Faces of United States 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” soldiers after the Battle of Angaur in World War II. A soldier smoking a cigarette. A tired soldier holding a rifle with bayonet. Soldier scoops food from GI ration and eats. A soldier chewing. A soldier sleeping at the foot of a tree. Medics dressing wounds of a heavily bandaged man. A young soldier eating while sitting on fallen tree trunk. An injured soldier with both eyes covered by bandages is led away. Soldier lying down. Medics evacuate injured patients. A soldier looks to the camera as medics treat his wounds. Soldiers sitting on top of a moving tank. Injured soldiers with dirty faces look to the camera. Logo that reads "Buy War Bonds--The Mighty 7th War Loan" superimposed over photo of the flag raising at Iwo Jima.
United States Army 7th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber “Hay Maker” (Serial Number 44-40729) takes off from Angaur airfield, Palau during World War II. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber with a black cow nose art takes off from the same airfield. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber “Shack Bunny” (Serial number: 44-40759) taking off from runway.
A United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber with unicorn nose art lands at Angaur airfield, Palau during World War II. Another United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber lands and taxis at Angaur Airfield runway. Its nose art depicts a reclining nude woman.
The USS Randolph (CV-15) hit by a Japanese Yokosuka P1Y " Frances", twin-engine kamikaze bomber, on her starboard side,aft, just below the flight deck, as she was anchored at Ulithi, during World War 2. Flames appear in the dark aboard the carrier as firefighters work in the area under searchlights. Later scene shows crew members silhouetted against orange flames as they fight the fire. It appears to come under control, but several small explosions propel burning objects aloft, and flames continue to break out. (Note: 25 crew were killed and 106 wounded during this incident.)
The treatment and recovery of Marine wounded in Saipan during World War 2. Injured Marines arrive at collection station and are provided medical aid. Blood plasma being administered. Patients on stretchers being placed in jeep and carried away to evacuation station. Wounded being placed aboard a LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) to be taken to a ship. LVT pulls away from the coast. Wounded being transferred from the LVT to another landing craft. Landing craft with wounded aboard comes along side a ship. Injured Marines with blood stained face. Litter patients in a sling being hoisted aboard the ship. Doctors and Corpsmen examine the wounded and provide them medical aid. Doctors in an operating room aboard the ship.
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