United States Navy planes land on USN Task Force 38 carriers in Gulf of Leyte during World War 2. CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier) underway. Formation of planes. A Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver airplane is waved off during approach and executes go-around before landing on USS Essex. Crewmen examine battle damage on wings and around cockpits of an SB2C-5 aircraft (pilot Lt. Roger Noyes) parked on the flight deck. Pilot in F6F Hellcat fighter (with four rising sun flags for enemy kills on fuselage) awaits signal for takeoff. Formations of other aircraft returning to the carrier.
U.S. troops in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War 2. Repair crew works on USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) P-40 Warhawk fighter plane. Mechanic drops wrench twice and another retrieves it from puddle of water. Two ground crew carry cowling of a P-40, with name "Susie III " painted on it, .across a puddle. Crewmen place propeller on P-400 Airacobra. Propeller being adjusted. Jeeps being driven through the mud on the airfield. Pilots in jeep return to operations tent from their planes. Jeep is driven on a muddy field to the operations tent.
U.S. troops in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Repair area shows USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) crew removing propeller from P-38 Lightening fighter plane with assistance of a mobile crane. Graveyard where wrecked planes are stripped, shows many damaged parts. Crew removes motor from wrecked P-40 Warhawk fighter plane with the help of a mobile crane. Engine hangs from a crane hook. A P-39 that has been stripped for usable parts after a shelling has damaged it. A damaged P-38. A mechanic tinkers with tail surface of P-40 which was machine gunned and landed with control wires shot up.
Wreckage of U.S. airplanes in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War 2. Opening shots show the remains of a C-47 transport airplane, followed by views of wrecked USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) P-38 Lightning aircraft, on a field. Propellers of P-38. U.S. Airmen examine a wrecked P-38. Two crewmen work on a P-38.
Wrecked ships and planes at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii two days after Japanese air raid attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Foremast of USS Arizona (BB-39) torn and twisted. Damaged USN (United States Navy) PB2Y Coronado flying boat and other planes. Damaged hangar in the background. A tug alongside a wrecked foremast of Arizona.
U.S. Marine Corps officers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. USMC (United States Marine Corps) Lieutenant General Louis E. Woods, USMC Brigadier General L.H.M. Sanderson, USMC General Christian Frank Schilt study map and talk together outside command headquarters. Officer walks along a jungle road. EM (Enlisted Man) walks toward shack in the background. Officer converse outside command headquarters.
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