Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II . Soldiers put up tents on the beach. Palm trees in the background. The soldiers drive a U.S. tank on the beach. Tents in the background. A completed tent and mess equipment in side the tent. A loaded truck pulls out of an LST ( Landing Ship Tank ). A truck enters the camp site. A grader levels a part of the beach. A ship convoy anchored in a distance. A crane unloads equipment and supplies from the LST onto the truck. The truck pulls away and drives along a muddy road.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II. Tents at a camp area. Palm trees in the background. Improvised showers and pipes running into shower heads. Soldiers eat food in a new mess tent. They stand in a chow line. The soldiers cook food in huge containers
U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group leaves a beach on Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II. A camp area after tents have been taken down. The tents after being torn down. The beach in the background. Soldiers in a group. Ashes of burnt scraps. Trailers parked at the camp area. The torn tents at the camp.
U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle for the Marshall Islands in World War 2. A tractor towing a U.S. Navy fighter aircraft F6F Hellcat with wings folded, along carrier flight deck.. Two ordnance men pushing cart with a 500 pound bomb, along the deck. At dawn U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless aircraft take off in semidarkness. Fire from their engine exhausts visible. Clouds of smoke rising and a large explosion occurs as Japanese aircraft attack U.S. ships.. A gun crew at an anti aircraft gun on the deck. Japanese aircraft flying overhead, in flames. U.S. sailors firing at Japanese aircraft in flight. Another Japanese aircraft shot down by carrier's antiaircraft fire. It crashes into the sea. A large explosion occurs in the water. A Japanese aircraft in low flight drops a torpedoe. A Japanese aircraft is shot down. Another Japanese aircraft is shot down and crashes in carrier's wake. SBDs and F6F aircraft parked on the deck of the carrier.
Launching of German V2 rockets (guided missiles) from Peenemunde, Usedom island, Germany, during World War 2. German V-2 in launching position, technicians and equipment in area are preparing to launch the missile. Two civilian technicians and a uniformed German military officer walk across launch area toward V-2 rocket. Workers and technicians gathered around the V-2 base. The missile about to be launched. Smoke emitted from the exhaust section. Launching of V-2. Launching pit at Peenemunde showing a V-2 prior to launching. Rocket engine starts, rocket begins to rise slightly, and then the V2 rocket topples over and explodes in the launching pit. Another scene showing the successful launching of a German V-2 guided ballistic missile. Brief view of a street in England showing results of a V-2 impact on surrounding buildings. Scene of devastation and rubble from V-2 rocket explosion. Two British boys hand a chair to one another across rubble. Another V-2 impact site in England, United Kingdom, showing a row of houses with one or two completely destroyed a rocket.
Launching of German guided missiles at Peenemunde, Usedom island during World War 2. Sign: Peenemunde. German technician working on instrument at base of German V-2 rocket. Missile is shown in transporting trailer and elevating device. V-2 being elevated into launching position. Two technicians are standing on special ramp fixing access door onto warhead of missile.
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