Aftermath of Japanese attack on United States battleship Franklin (CV-13) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. USS Franklin listing heavily to starboard after the Japanese attack. Sailors on the deck of a ship as they look at the USS Franklin. A sailor with a bandage on his hands due to the Japanese attack. A man with a burned face aboard the ship.
United States Marines in the Philippines during World War II. LCIs ( Landing Crafts Infantry) lay a smoke screen around the coast of the Philippines. A Coast Guard photographer clicks pictures. Explosions occur on the beach. A Landing Craft Tank beaches and troops run off onto the beach. Marines advance up the shell torn beach. Shells explode on the edge of water. Three marines on the side of a hill. A combat photographer shoots with speed graphic.
The United States campaign against the Japanese in Luzon, Philippines during World War II. An Allied convoy of ships underway in the Pacific Ocean towards the Lingayen Gulf. Naval guns fire at the coast and at Japanese airplanes. U.S. Army Generals Walter Kruger and Douglas MacArthur keep a watch over the convoy of ships. General MacArthur and other officers come ashore at the Lingayen Gulf. Troops unload equipment at a beach. Infantrymen advance inland. The Filipinos greet the soldiers as they advance towards Manila. The soldiers with the Filipinos. People cheer as the American soldiers enter Manila. Animated map of the Philippines depicts the location of the Lingayen Gulf and the advance of American soldiers from the Lingayen Gulf to Manila.
United States 38th Division soldiers in Luzon, Philippines during World War II. A 57 mm anti tank gun being loaded and fired by men of 38th Division. A soldier loads shell into the gun and fires.
United States prisoners after being released from a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines during World War II. American soldiers after being released from the Japanese prison camp. The soldiers loaded in carts. Trucks outside a building. A crippled soldier. The soldiers lying in beds. Two American prisoners introduce themselves and share their experiences about their life at the Japanese prison camp. The first soldier talks about the Bataan Death March to San Fernando from where the prisoners were taken to a prison camp. He says that the captured soldiers were made to march to San Fernando for 3 days and 3 nights and that the prisoners were not provided any food or water. He says that nearly 150 men out of 800 lost their lives during the march. Sergeant Daniel Smith narrates how the Japanese tortured the American soldiers at the prison camp.
United States prisoners after being released from a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines during World War II. U.S. Army Private First Class Pat Parker lying in a bed as he shares his experiences at the Japanese prison camp. He says that at the prison camp his weight reduced from 183 pounds to just 75 pounds. He also narrates how the Japanese used to torture the prisoners. He says that he was hanged by toes and water was sprayed on him. He says that he was hanged without food and water.
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