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Naval guns fire at Peleliu island, Palau, Pacific Ocean, during World War II.
U.S. Battleships (BBs) and cruisers bombard Peleliu island in Palau, Pacific ocean during World War 2. 5-inch guns bombard the island. Views of guns mounted on ship. Island in background. USS Mississippi and USS Idaho underway. Smoke column rises from the island. (The ship shown at the 1:04 to 1:32 second mark is the heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA 28 ). View of port side 5 inch 25 caliber dual purpose guns and a 40 mm quad mount. The Louisville's starboard side guns are shown from the 2:30 - 2:51 second mark.)
United States 7th Infantry Division troops and Marines invade islands in the Pacific Theater (WW2)
United States amphibious invasion of small islands in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Men load supplies for Marines. Equipment and trucks loaded. 7th Infantry Division troops on landing crafts. Troops land on island. Landing craft beached. Combat between Japanese troops and U.S. Marines. Wounded soldiers given aid. Several Japanese soldiers surrender. A man holds the forms 'Prisoner of War'. Japanese prisoners on island. Destroyed aircraft, equipment and buildings in view. Wounded soldiers carried on stretchers in landing craft. The wounded lifted in ships. Dead bodies on the island. The U.S. flag.
Allied amphibious assault against Japanese held Island in the Pacific, during World War II
Film opens with animated map of the Pacific theater of operations in World War 2. It illustrates Allied advances through network of islands supporting supply lines of Japan. View from an Allied ship in an invasion task force headed to a Japanese occupied island (probably in the Mariana Islands) during World War 2. U.S. troops descend rope net from their transport ship to board landing craft. Numerous landing craft making way in loose formation. Warships in the task force bombard the target island. Huge black explosion occurs. B-25 Mitchell bombers displaying "Z" on tails, are seen briefly in flight. Landing craft maneuvering and approaching the shore where numerous shells are bursting from the naval bombardment. Landing craft number 25, from the USS Bolivar (APA-34) is seen in the water. Troops rush across the sand after leaving their landing craft. Closeups of U.S. troops using small arms and flame throwers to drive Japanese defenders from their caves, blockhouses and other fortifications. Dead Japanese soldiers beside their defensive positions. At the beachhead, several large Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) 334, 330,335, and 336 are unloading troops into the surf. Closeup front view of troops wading ashore from LCI(L)335. Troops carrying boxes of supplies ashore. At the beachhead, troops are unloading a large truck, while in the background, a Landing Vehicle Tracked is driving away from Landing Ship Tank (LST-47). Her deck is crowded with troops. A tractor drives off a nearby landing craft. Wide view of beachhead jammed with troops and equipment.
81st ("Wildcat") Infantry Division troops listen to PA announcement of final orders on ship sailing to Angaur Island (WW2)
View of PA speakers on ship during World War II with announcement, "now hear this...the objective of this task force is the Palau Islands." United States 81st "Wildcat" Infantry Division troops on ship deck listen intently to announcement of final orders regarding their attack of Angaur Island. United States 81st Infantry Division officers study map of Angaur Island. Finger points to Red Beach on map of Angaur island, where the 322nd regiment will attack, then points to Blue Beach where the 321st regiment will attack. Admiral William H. P. Blandy and General Paul J. Mueller (misidentified by narrator as "gen. Miller") discuss battle plan. Soldiers listen to further instruction. Soldier sharpens trench knife. Soldier test fires flamethrower over side of ship.
United States destroyers, heavy cruiser, and light cruiser bombard Tarawa Island in Pacific Theater
U.S. Navy World War II battleship, destroyers, heavy cruiser and light cruiser bombard the Island of Tarawa in Pacific Theater, in November 1943. Smoke rises from the beach. A 16" gun on board USS Maryland (BB-46) bombards Tarawa. Shells burst in air and island obscured by smoke. Depth charges explode in water as light cruiser continues to bombard the island. Ship at timecode 2:34 and 3:10 is a heavy cruiser of the Portland or Northhampton class, based on catapults with sea planes located at mid ship. Based on ship assignments and locations at that time, this would make it either the USS Chester (CA-27), the USS Portland (CA-33), or the USS Indianapolis (CA-35).
U.S. Naval warships operating and bombarding Corregidor Island during World War II
A U.S. Vought OS2U Kingfisher scout plane flies low over the water near Corregidor Island, during World War 2. View of sailor standing next to a Kinfisher plane, on deck, with a destroyer in camouflage underway, in near background. Smoke rising over Corregidor Island, from Navy bombardment. Pilot climbing aboard a Kingfisher scout plane. Sailor gives launch signal, with a flag, and the plane is catapulted. Another scout plane is launched from number 2 catapult. A Kingfisher in flight. View of Corregidor from shipboard. A destroyer bombarding the island closein. Crew members in steel helmets and face and eye protection, at a gun station. Officers on bridge of cruiser, observing through binoculars. A Cleveland Class, single stack, light cruiser. Officers on bridge of the camera cruiser. Two destroyers underway. Sailors in an antiaircraft gun position. A Brooklyn Class light cruiser.
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