United States soldiers on leave visit Mount Vesuvius in Italy. The soldiers tour the molten lava area of Mount Vesuvius with an Italian guide. They light a cigarette with lava. The soldiers take pictures through the smoky haze. Women of U.S. WACs (Women's Army Corps) eat sandwiches. (World War II period).
A burial in Bougainville Cemetery, Solomon Islands. Grave marks in the cemetery. Names written on the crosses. Soldiers dig graves and put a dead body in a grave. A burial service for United States Marines. (World War II period).
United States Marines visit Mount Vesuvius in Italy. The marines climb the side of the mountain and walk through the smoke from the lava. Mount Vesuvius erupts. A man puts a stick into the hot lava. Hot billows of smoke rise.
United States Marines visit Mount Vesuvius in Italy. An aerial view of hot billows of smoke rising from the mountain.
United States 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division troops on Hill 700, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands. An infantryman fires a carbine from a concealed position. He crawls out of a foxhole. A soldier in the foxhole reads a letter. (World War II period).
United States 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division troops on Hill 700, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands. A patrol with full packs and carbines deploy through broken brush. The troops advance cautiously. A Japanese soldier hides behind a boulder. He is hit by gun fire. Dead Japanese soldier. U.S. soldiers throw hand grenades. Soldiers crawl on stomach towards gun emplacement. (World War II period).
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