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Final stages in the Battle for Peleliu,Pacific Islands

Final stages in the Battle for Peleliu,Pacific Islands. U.S. Marines attack concealed Japanese gun positions with machine guns,hand grenades and explosives. U.S. Marines capture pillboxes and dugouts. U.S. Marines conquer Peleliu. U.S. Marines salute American flag. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025365
Ships firing and moving at sea in Majuro, Marshall Island.

Ships move at sea in Majuro, Marshall Island in Pacific. Smoke arises from firing in the background. A man stands along the pier. Gun barrels shown in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, March 28
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028035
An OS2U Kingfisher scout seaplane lands in sea off Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands during World War II

U.S. warships off Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, during World War 2. An OS2U Kingfisher scout seaplane, from one of the ships flies overhead, circles, and lands on choppy waters. The aircraft porpoises in the chop before settling down to taxi. A small boat is nearby.

Date: 1944, March 28
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028036
U.S. Navy warships near Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands in the Pacific, during World War II.

Scenes shot from a U.S. battleship,off the coast of Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, during World War 2. Brief glimpse of her guns in forward triple turret. A light cruiser is seen ahead, to starboard. View of an attack transport ship, with her Higgins Boats deployed in a line, and another attack transport seen in the background. The battleship, USS Colorado (BB-45) in camouflage paint (time code 1:40-1:43) and the battleship, USS Tennessee (BB-43)in measure 32 camouflage (time code: 1:44-1:51).

Date: 1944, March 28
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028037
Wreckage caused during war on the beachhead in Majuro, Marshall Island in the Pacific (WW2)

Wrecked ammunitions and weapons on the beachhead in Majuro, Marshall Island during World War II. Flags on the beachhead. Man stands along the side of the beachhead. Wrecked houses and trees on the beachhead. Shells on the beachhead. Soldiers stand along the side of jeeps and tanks on the beachhead. Men take a boat at sea. Other ships in the background. An airplane in flight.

Date: 1944, March 28
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028038
General Twining congratulates pilots of the 339th Fighter Squadron, on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during WWII

Major General Nathan F. Twining, Commanding General, 13th Air Force. arrives to congratulate fighter Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Forces, at Henderson Field, on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. (The 339th had successfully accomplished a highest priority mission, shooting down Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's airplane on April 18, 1943.) Major General Twining, wearing a pith helmet, steps out of his jeep and walks towards a group of 339th Squadron Pilots. He examines the nose wheel of a P-38, as a group of pilots stand around him. General Twining converses for a while with Major John W. Mitchell, Commander, 339th Fighter Squadron, who led the mission to down Admiral Yamamoto's airplane. Later, members of the 339th Squadron are photographed in conversations with one another.

Date: 1944, April 6
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036187