Deployment of U.S. Marine Corps on islands of Pacific and errors by them that add up in casualties during World War II. Re-enactment: Marines come to stop during their advance and throw garbage in water. Marines rest and remove litters so that enemy does not get an idea of their location. Marines run into water after taking off clothes. A Marine’s foot bleeds after getting out of water. Marines clean the area.
Sequence taken from the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, CA-35 at Majuro Atoll, Mashall Islands, during World War 2. Time 00:05 to 00:11 starboard view of an Essex class aircraft carrier with the battleship USS Iowa, BB-61 on the horizon. Time 00:12 to 00:14 starboard view of an Independence class light aircraft carrier. Time 00:31 to 00:50 stern view of the battleship USS New Jersey, BB-62, in all blue measure 21 camouflage. Time 00:51 to 00:55 port side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camouflage, with a Cleveland class light cruiser in the background off the stern. Time 00:56 to 00:57 Left to right, Essex class aircraft carrier; battleship USS Colorado, BB-45, in measure 32/16d camouflage; battleship USS Pennsylvania, BB-38, tied up next to a cargo ship; Essex class aircraft carrier. Time 00:58 to 01:04 another port side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camoflage. Time 01:06 to 01:11 port side view of the light cruiser USS Santa Fe, CL-60. Time 01:15 to 01:17 stern view of the light cruiser USS Mobile, CL-63. Time 01:18 to 01:51 now tied up next to the cargo ship already replenishing ammunition of the battleship USS Pennsylvania, tied up on the other side.
Activities on deck of the USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) underway in the Pacific during World War 2. Several marines, wearing flotation belts, stand next to some sailors in helmets and life vests, on the ship's deck in a convoy headed toward Peleliu, Palau Islands, during Operation Stalemate II. Other ships in the convoy can be seen ahead of them. Camera pans across the deck where Marines and sailors are standing in clusters. View from below, of crew members and two Bofors 40mm twin mount anti aircraft guns, silhouetted against the sky. One crew member wears headset and speaks in microphone. A camouflaged Mahan-class destroyer passes the Gunston hall. Sailors spray water overboard, from hoses. Officers and crew members in routine activities.
Cameraman using 35mm motion picture camera takes motion pictures of natives using movie camera in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A Pacific native climbing palm tree. Small sailboat underway in a shallow harbor. Huts among palm trees on a Pacific Island. Natives cross footbridge with fishing nets and repair the nets. Men watch the native girls dancing. Women and children watch the dance. Natives walk with poles on shoulders. Man plays guitar while two native girls sit and listen to him.
The strafing and bombing of Japanese installations in the Pacific Theater by U.S. aircraft during World War II. Aerial view of the target area. Explosions in a building on the island. Smoke rising up from explosion.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. An officer at a map in the United States. He speaks about the battle against the Japanese in Guadalcanal. He asks for the support from civilians in terms of war production.
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