Food distributed to Italian refugees by U.S. troops in Cassino, Italy during World War II. Food is distributed by the U.S. Army to Italian refugees. An aged woman is helped along a rubble strewn street path. A U.S. officer distributes food. The refugees wait for their turn.
A U.S. convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean heads for a raid on the Marshall Islands during World War II. F4U Corsair fighter airplanes with wings folded on the deck of a U.S. carrier underway. U.S. anti-aircraft guns down two Japanese torpedo airplanes. A Japanese airplane in flames falls in the ocean off the stern of the ship. A sailor lies down on the deck of the U.S. carrier as the flaming airplane passes. Another Japanese aircraft crosses behind the ship and also crashes in flames.
Final stages of the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. carrier-based airplanes land at and are refueled at a captured airfield renamed as Conroy Airfield. Bombers and fighters take off to bomb Japanese positions on the northern tip of Saipan. Smoke billows up from a Japanese ammunition dump by U.S. bombings. U.S. Marine Commander Carlson confers with an officer. Marines and tanks advance. Mortars are fired at Japanese pillboxes and caves on a hill. Smoke billows up from the hillside. The marines continue advancing. Animated map connects Saipan with Tokyo and the Philippines. The marines after the capture of Saipan.
A training film based on oceanographic study in the Atlantic Ocean. Water crashes over bow area of a U.S. Coast Guard ship underway. Bow of ship dips down in rough seas. Rough sea as seen from deck of ship. Tremendous whitecaps and high seas. View of sea and forecastle of ship from bridge. Stormy sea and dark sky overhead. A merchant ship is towed by Coast Guard ship underway. Merchant ship underway. Coast Guard officers on wing of bridge in ship.
A training film based on oceanographic study showing Atlantis-11 ship going underway in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. flag flies from stern of a Coast Guard ship which is secured to dock. Many craft tied up in the background. Two technicians look over an item on electronic panel. Laboratory technician performs oxygen analysis. Small flask is partly filled with liquid from a glass tube on a bench. Crowd on dock area and aboard U.S. navy oceanographic research ship Atlantis 11. Brow pulled inboard on Atlantis 11 from dock. Two men on fantail of ship on right and crewmen on forecastle of cutter in left. Atlantis 11 pulls away from crowded dock. Crowd on dock waving. Atlantis 11 underway in mid-stream.
U.S. 5307th Composite Unit en route to Burma. U.S. 1st Battalion near Hell's Gate lead pack mules over the Ledo Road. Soldiers pass a sign board which reads: 'God be with you', 'Welcome to Borderville' and 'Pangsau pass'. Brigadier General Frank Merrill watches the troops crossing into Burma.
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