United States Marines in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The Marines in landing crafts head towards a beachhead. Ships fire at a hillside. Smoke and explosions on the island. A Marine with a carbine in hand. A number of landing crafts heading towards the beach.
United States Marines in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The Marines operate a radio in a forest area. A wounded Marine with a patch on his arm. Other Marines seated near palm trees. A landing craft with Marines advances towards a beachhead. The American flag on the landing craft.
United States Marines in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The Marines set up a 75 mm pack howitzer on a grassy terrain. They mount the gun on a carriage and assemble it. A Marine checks the angle of howitzer placement. He shouts cupping his mouth.
United States Marines in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The Marines in landing crafts heading towards a beachhead. Ships in the background. A 50 caliber anti aircraft machine gun mounted on a jeep. A tractor pulls a truck out of a muddy area. Mutilated body of a dead Japanese. A tank with a dozer shovel clears inland beach area. Palm trees on the ground. A marine places a wire through a wooded terrain. He attaches a block of TNT (Trinitrotoluene ) to a Japanese bomb on the ground. Dead Japanese on the ground with a pool of blood around head. The Marines stand by an M-4 Sherman Tank with a damaged track.
United States Marines in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The Marines set up a bumper log for a pack howitzer. One of the Marine digs in for the bumper log. The carriage of a 75 mm howitzer on the ground. The muzzle of the howitzer as it is fired. The Marines in the foreground with ear phones on. A Marine unloads crated 75 mm shells off DUKWs (Amphibious vehicles). They stack the shells.
United States President Harry Truman gives Medals of Honor to World War II veterans during a ceremony at the White House in Washington DC. Relatives and military leaders attend the ceremony. President Truman decorates the veterans with the medals. Sylvester S. Herrera in a wheel chair being awarded the Medal of Honor. Naval officers clap for their men. The 28 war veterans pose for a photograph with President Truman.
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