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Pre World War 2, Major General Jonathan Wainwright and U.S. and Filipino troops in training at Clark Field

U.S. Army mechanics and pilots sleeping in hangar at Clark Field, Pampanga, Philippines in 1941 (before World War 2). P-26 and B-10 aircraft on field taking off and in flight. Local native civilians admire the aircraft. Army officer fixing a notice on notice board outside barracks and Filipino soldiers standing in formation. Major General Jonathan Wainwright talking to other officer nears a river. Men tying military equipment with cloth piece and bamboo. View of them floating equipment across body of water. Water buffalo (carabao) and Philippine troops doing river fording exercises. U.S. aircraft flying overhead and Filipino troops perform live fire practice drills, preparing for future warfare.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039353
Marine pilot, Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh, lands his F4U aircraft on Guadalcanal during World War II.

F4U Corsairs 13 and 14 of U.S. Marine Corps Squadron VMF-124 land at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, and taxi to park in front of the control tower, during World War 2. Pilot, Lieutenant Kenneth A. Walsh (future Medal of Honor recipient) climbs down from his Corsair 13, named 'Viva!' Pilot of Corsair 14 talks with ground crew after landing. The pilots are picked up by a jeep. Two F4F aircraft land at the field. Ground crewmen work on F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft. Crew works on 50 caliber gun on F4F plane.

Date: 1943, May 23
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041035
Operation of United States Coast Guard in Tarawa, Pacific Theater during World War II

Overseas activities of United States Coast Guard in World War II. November 20, 1943, U.S. Marine Corps invade Tarawa Atoll. Naval warships bombard Tarawa. Transport ship USS Arthur Middleton underway. Only 1 out of 5 U.S. troops reach the beach in first wave of attack. Firing and explosion. U.S. troops wade. Many U.S. Marines injured during the landing on Tarawa. The U.S. Coast Guard brings back the wounded to the transport ship. Wounded soldiers lifted on stretchers.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041746
Three U.S. generals converse and pose for pictures on Guadalcanal in World War II

As film opens, Brigadier General William H. Rupertus, Assistant Commander of the First Marine Division (on the left) and Major General Alexander McCarrell "Sandy" Patch (in the center) Commander of the U.S. Army 23rd Infantry Division (the Americal Division) and his Assistant Commander, U.S. Army Brigadier General Edmund Sebree, are seen looking at a map on Guadalcanal, during World War 2. Rupertus converses with Patch and shakes his hand. He then shakes hands with Sebree, as both of them laugh at some comment made. General Sebree salutes General Rupertus, who returns his salute, and the three of them walk away. Close up of General Patch, posing for the camera. He fastens the chin strap on his steel helmet and then releases it. Closeup of General Rupertus, posing for the camera.

Date: 1942, December 18
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044979
American marines during the battle of Tarawa in Pacific Theater

A wrecked Japanese coastal gun on the coast of Tarawa during a battle with Allied forces in World War II. Wreckage all over the shore, trenches and dugouts. An American marine shaves in a foxhole. A number of marines gather at the edge of an airstrip around United States Navy F6F-3 aircraft.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048147
Dead American marines during the battle of Tarawa in Pacific Theater

Landing craft on a beach at Tarawa in Pacific Theater. Various types of small crafts underway in sea and United States Navy landing crafts beached. Supply boxes on a pier and dead American marines on litters. Marines walk up a pier. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048148