U.S. Task Force in Leyte Harbor during World War II. U.S. Task Force ships in Leyte Harbor. LCMs (Landing Crafts, Mechanized) underway. APs (Transports) and APDs (High Speed Transports) in the background. Many LCs (Landing Crafts) mill around. LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) underway.
American flag flying from a tall flagpole over a hill near Henderson Field on Guadalcanal during World War 2. U.S. Marine officers are seated at a table in a local headquarters tent dug in and sandbagged at the base of the hill, which sits on the edge of the captured Japanese airfield (Henderson Field). One of the officers is looking through binoculars. Nearby, behind them a C-45 transport plane (Beechcraft Model 18) is approached by a fuel truck. Many other aircraft parked aircraft are seen in the distance. Two Marines standing in front of a mound of sandbags discuss something on a clipboard. Several Marines relax in front of a wooden building. Another Marine officer wearing a sidearm joins them with a large map, which they discuss. One of the Marine officers is a Colonel (O-6). Scene shifts to a B-17, tail number 41-2403, taxiing. Next, several B-17s are seen through palm trees, flying overhead. One has its landing gear extended and descends, beyond some trees, to land. Camera moves to a site where pipelines are being repaired by Seabees. A Seabee welder is at work on one. Seabees move new pipe into position on cross ties. (Note: The B-17 Number 41-2403 ditched January 27, 1943, on the way from Guadalcanal to Espiritu Santo, with Brigadier General Nathan Farragut Twining, Commander, 13th Air Force, on board. On 1 February 1943, the U.S. Navy rescued him and 14 others from their life rafts, near New Hebrides Islands.)
Stores of various ethnic proprietors in Little Syria area of New York City, circa 1940. Exterior of "Anthony Coulapides" cigarette store. Man and woman in front of the "A. Sahahi and Co Inc" importer store. A Greek shop with a street address of "37." A Greek shop selling "Harem Oriental Pastry". Another shop with a Greek sign, followed by a shop with a Hebrew sign.
African American people in Harlem, New York City. African American men and women walk along busy sidewalk at Harlem Street. Sign for the "Rhythm Club" on an awning of a nightclub. Traffic along street. Workers and shoppers walking. Group of African American people stand outside a building as fire trucks and policeman direct response to an unseen issue. Sign for an "Undertaker" business in the background. Hook and ladder truck with firefighters driving in front and back slowly backs up away from the scene. (Harlem Renaissance period.)
Atomic Bomb Test Able Day (Operation Crossroads) conducted by the U.S. Army on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. A mushroom cloud rises after an aerial drop of an atomic bomb. Aerial views of a cloud of smoke and a target fleet in Bikini Island lagoon.
D-Day invasion of Normandy, France by Allied forces during World War II. Congested beach of Normandy after Allied amphibious landings. Bulldozer moves up in the foreground. Soldiers clean rifles. Dukw (six-wheel drive amphibious truck) moves along road. A soldier with ammunition belt. A soldier reads French dictionary behind AA (antiaircraft) gun. Rolls on wire matting on it in France. Soldier in control tower waves. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt fighters coming in to land. Plane being painted with invasion stripes. Soldiers crowd around planes. They talk to pilots. Planes are refueled. Planes taxi and take off.
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