QM (Quartermaster) activities under U.S. Army Special Projects in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. soldier picks up tomatoes from a vine. Soldiers and natives walk through cornstalks. Native picks cantaloupe from a field. Cantaloupe and watermelon being cut by a knife. Eggplants on a field. Dusting machine sprays crops with DDT.
Battle of Angaur in Palau Islands during World War II. Aerial views show smoke rising from burning Japanese installations on Angaur. Shoreline of Angaur. Damaged Japanese buildings. U.S. landing crafts around beach. U.S. ships and landing crafts of task force off the coast of Angaur.
U.S. air raid on Bonin Islands, Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers. U.S. submarine surfaces and advances. A Japanese ship burns in the background. Formation of U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver bombers.
U.S. troops practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal,Solomon Islands and Naumea, New Caledonia during World War II. Landing crafts loaded with U.S. troops head for beach during pre-invasion practice. U.S. troops of 25th Infantry Division, 161st Regimental Combat Team come down cargo nets and load aboard LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). LCVPs arrive at Guadalcanal beach and U.S. troops disembark. Soldiers march inland. Soldier digs foxhole. Tank moving on road. Soldiers carry stretchers. Troops disembark from LCVPs. Half track and troops unload from LCVP.
U.S. troops practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal,Solomon Islands during World War II. Bulldozer comes off LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized). Second bulldozer tows 155 mm howitzer comes off LCM. Soldiers of U.S. 90th Field Artillery Battalion, a part of U.S. 25th Infantry Division Artillery, unload 155mm projectiles in chain fashion.
Animated map shows arrow pointing to Blue Beach on Angaur Island during World War II. United States soldiers, probably with the 321st regiment, 81st Infantry Division, hunker down on the beach. Burned trees and debris on the ground. A soldier tucks in his shirt. Soldiers advance slowly, with one of them using a flamethrower to burn a Japanese position. A fighter flies over an advancing amphibious tracked vehicle. Aerial view showing landing craft at Red Beach. Demolition teams carry satchel charges to Japanese foxholes. Explosion of satchel charge. Sign hanging reads “CIC” (Combat Intelligence Center). Soldiers waiting for Japanese soldiers to come out of hole. Soldiers shooting at Japanese positions with machine guns and flamethrowers at the same time. Smoke rises from the body of a dead Japanese soldier.
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