Animated map shows U.S. forces acquiring Pagan Island, Mariana Islands from the Japanese during World War II. Pictures of bombings on Pagan Island. Fire and explosions on a ship. American ships fire at the Japanese Army on a beachhead. A fleet of aircraft drop bombs on the island.
Bombardment on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Tinian island under bombardment. A fleet fires at the island. Auxiliary ships and other ships at sea. Sailors load ammunition. Men carry powder guns.
An attack on a Japanese ship off the coast of Faisi Island, Solomon Islands during World War II. A periscope view shows a Japanese ship burning after an explosion. Smoke rises from the ship. U.S. sailors man a deck gun on a submarine. Smoke billows up from the ship. Bombardment of Japanese phosphate works on Faisi Island. Men secure the deck gun on the submarine. The deck gun is fired and it bombards the island. American flag flies on deck of the surfaced submarine.
Overseas activities of United States Coast Guard in World War 2. February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima in Pacific Theater. Naval guns and aircraft bombard Iwo Jima. Mountain in the background. Aircraft in flight. Marines and Coast Guardsmen aboard landing craft. Marines landing on Iwo Jima under heavy Japanese fire. Destroyed landing ships litter water's edge. Marines hunkered down and treating wounded, under fire. LSTs and other ships at established beachhead. Vehicles drive onto beach. April 1, 1945, Marines attack Okinawa. Navy warships bombard Okinawa with heavy guns and continuous rocket fire. Beachhead is established against light resistance. Japanese kamikaze aircraft attack American invasion ships. Several ships are hit and sunk. Surviving sailors are helped aboard rescue boats. Antiaircraft fire from American ships fills sky with smoke and flak. A kamikaze aircraft crashes in the sea. Sky filled with American bombers. Aerial view of Atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki Japan on August 9, 1945. Raising American Flag on Japan homeland.
The United States fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. United States invasion convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. United States soldiers loaded in LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanized) head for the coast of Okinawa. A cameraman in a landing craft as he sues an Eyemo camera. Men on the stern of the landing craft as they look through binoculars. Ships in the background. Men at a gun aboard a LCM. An LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) alongside a vessel.
United States fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Ships at sea. Landing crafts loaded with soldiers head towards the beach. Naval guns aboard a destroyer and a battleship fire at the coast of Okinawa, Japan. Smoke rises due to firing. A ship underway at sea.
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