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U.S. Marines leave Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands as army takes over during World War II.
U.S. marines departing Guadalcanal as they are relieved by U.S. Army troops of the 23rd Infantry Division. They board landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP), aka Higgins boats, of the USS Neville (AP-16). Two of the marines scrambles aboard one of the boats as its ramp is almost closed. View of marines packed aboard the LCVP as it gets underway. Two transport ships are anchored in the background. The most distant one is the USS Neville (AP-16). Scene shifts to beach crowded with departing marines and Higgins boats. Closeup of a marine holding a cigarette while eating a sandwich, and another with a bandage on his forehead. Numerous views of the beach crowded with marine; palm trees overhead; higgins boats departing to the USS Neville, and two transport ships anchored in the background. Closeups of marines on shore waiting for more Higgins boats to transport them. Scene changes to U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General William Rupertus, Assistant Commander, 1st Marine Division; U.S. Army Major General Alexander Patch, Commander, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal Division) and U.S. Army Brigadier General Edmund Sebree, his Assistant Commander, posing for the camera as they ostensibly discuss a map. They shake hands with each other. General Sebree exchanges salutes with General Rupertus, and they all walk away. Next, the three generals pose for closeups. Film ends showing columns of marines moving along the sides of a road cut through a forest of palm trees.
U.S. Army Military Police guard Japanese prisoners on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.
Japanese prisoners of war carry a wounded Japanese POW on a litter into a fenced prisoner compound on Guadalcanal during World War 2. A sign at the compound reads: "Prisoners of War Camp." Japanese prisoners, all dressed in the same prisoner uniforms, march in casual formation under guard by U.S. Military police.. They leave the compound and march down a road accompanied by MPs.
Canadian troops preparing for deployment in the Aleutian Islands during World War II.
Canadian troops preparing for transport in WWII. In the background there is a body of water with a pier and ships off in the distance, and even further behind that some mountains. More Canadian soldiers marching. Closeups of a few soldiers sitting on a dirt embankment, mostly seeming to be in good spirits. Troops walking across a pier with transport ships in the distance. Most soldiers have full packs, equipment, and rifles. Soldiers boarding transport ship, each handing his identification slip to an officer before boarding. Closeup of identification slips carefully handled by the officer. Closeup of officer's face. Troops with full packs and equipment cross gangway onto transport ship.
United States Navy's radioman, George Tweed is rescued and U.S. destroyer crew in Guam.
Film titled, 'Return to Guam'. Map shows location of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese installations on the island are shelled by American destroyer (DD). Light flashes are noticed on a peak of a nearby hill on the island. Sailors aboard the DD look through binoculars. A reply signal is sent form the DD. Sailors board a boat and head cautiously toward the island. A white man swims toward the boat. He is taken aboard. The rescued man was found to be a radioman of the United States Navy (USN), named George Tweed who was hiding on the island for the past 31 months. George Tweed eats food with the Destroyer crew after being rescued. Destroyers underway in the Pacific. View of the American naval fleet underway in the Pacific. View of cannons and crew aboard an allied vessel. Crewmen pile up heavy 14inch shells and 40mm ammunition on the deck of the warship. (World War II period).
U.S. personnel march Japanese personnel and take care of civilians during the Pacific campaign of World War II.
Japanese prisoners march and are interrogated on an island by U.S. personnel during the Pacific campaign of World War II. U.S. personnel aboard a ship look towards AKA (Attack Cargo Ship) ships at anchor in mid background. Task Force vessels in a harbor off the island. Men roll fuel drums from an LST (Landing Ship Tank) in background. Men walk over the beach. Small bulldozer underway in background. Japanese prisoners are marched over the beach. Marines in foreground. A Japanese prisoner is interrogated. A photographer shoots movies on the island. Japanese prisoners walk in a single file through the compound. U.S. personnel take care of civilians. Number being painted on arms of civilians and their children. Faces of islanders.
An American flying boat PBY Catalina carrying soldiers and correspondents in flight to Mindanao,Philippines.
The soldiers and war correspondents being transferred aboard the U.S. Navy PBY Catalina of the 2d Emergency Rescue Squadron from Motorai Island in New Guinea to Mindanao in Philippines during World War II. The PBY Catalina in flight. The coastline of an island in view. Inhabited areas in the island and rocky terrain in the island. The aircraft in flight in the sky. Two aircraft in flight. A vessel in the ocean. Few vessels in the ocean water.
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