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Survivors of USS Indianapolis (CA-35) aboard USS Tranquillity (AH-14) off the coast of Peleliu, Palau.

Survivors of USS Indianapolis in Peleliu, Palau towards the end of World War II. The survivors aboard hospital ship USS Tranquillity (AH-14) (sometimes misspelled as USS Tranquility) off the coast of Peleliu.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1945, August 18
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061233
Lieutenant General Walter Krueger arrives with staff at the parade grounds in San Fernando in Luzon, Philippines (WW2)

United States Sixth Army Rangers in San Fernando, La Union, Philippines during World War II. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Walter Krueger and staff arrive at parade grounds. Other men standing in far background. A flag fluttering from a flagpole. Lt. Gen Krueger and the staff salute. He awards the Sixth Army Rangers.

Location: Luzon Island Philippines
Date: 1945, March 4
Duration: 4 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062310
Day two of the amphibious assault on Betio, Tarawa atoll, by U.S. 2nd Marine Division, during World War II in the Pacific.

U.S. Marines of 2nd Marine Division setting up communications on beachhead of Betio, Tarawa Atoll, on day two of their amphibious assault against Japanese forces there, in World War 2. Individual marines moving low and fast across the sand, as gunfire sounds all around. Casualties being moved on litters. Entire area under fire with destruction everywhere. Marines taking cover wherever possible. Some firing machine gun from sandbagged position. Area covered by smoke from gunfire and explosions. Marines shielded by remains of Japanese structures as they move about, engaged in fierce fire fights. More wounded being tended. Marines using hand grenades and flame throwers against Japanese soldiers in fortified positions. Marines moving carefully across series of Japanese positions, checking for remaining Japanese defenders. Several move against a Japanese position in a hill, using small arms hand grenades and flame thrower. Many dead Japanese soldiers are seen on the other side of the hill, after it is taken. Marine carrying a machine gun and setting it up. An ambulatory wounded marine.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 21
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069060
Marines fire at Japanese soldiers occupying abandoned U.S. landing craft during Battle of Tarawa in World War II

Activities of U.S. 2nd Marine Division during the Battle of Tarawa during World War 2. U.S. marines firing at their own abandoned landing craft in the surf, where Japanese soldiers have infiltrated at night and set up machine guns. M3 Stuart light tank on sand at water's edge, with image of an elephant and word, "Colorado" painted on its side. On day two of the assault, marines, are still seen occupying a limited beachhead. They fire mortars at the Japanese defenders. Scene further inland, show hill with destroyed Japanese fortification and smoke rising, as Marines fire their weapons. A Marine steps from rubble of destroyed Japanese position and moves forward. (The M3 tank is seen in background.) Marines hunkered down in debris. One marine firing at a Japanese sniper in a tree. Narrator comments that snipers don't fall when hit (presumably tied in place). Scenes of heavy firefights. Marines with an M3 tank in the thick of it. Destroyed Japanese structures and denuded palm trees. Rubble everywhere. Fires burning and continuous sounds of gunfire.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 21
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069061
U.S. 2nd Marine Division begins mopping up operations during amphibious assault at Betio, Tarawa, during World War II

Marines of U.S. 2nd Marine Division moving toward the airfield on Betio, Tarawa atoll, during their amphibious assault against Japanese forces during World War 2. A Stuart M3 light tank driving rapidly at the edge of the field. A wounded marine is brought back in a jeep, under enemy fire. Back at the beachhead, a landing vehicle tracked (LVT) is seen towing several floating packages of supplies to the shore. Chaplain's assistants tend to U.S. marine dead lying on a beach. They remove on dog tag from each for registering while leaving the other for identification. Marine General Holland M.Smith, Commander of V Amphibious Corps, and Major General Julian C. Smith, Commander. 2nd Marine Division, are seen walking together and then consulting with Rear Admiral Harry W. Hill, Commander Amphibious Group Two, Fifth Amphibious Force. Marines using a bulldozer to dig Japanese defenders out of a pill box. This yields a half dozen Japanese prisoners, the first to be taken. Wounded American marines are given first aid and then seen being lowered in steel litters into landing craft and then being transferred to a transport ship, offshore.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 22
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069062
U.S. marines where they fell in combat during battle of Tarawa in World War II. Funeral and burial at sea for a marine.

Fallen U.S. marines lying on the beach and floating in the waters of Betio, Tarawa atoll, after the amphibious assault by 2nd Marine Division during World War 2. Flag draped coffin of a marine carried on deck of a transport ship where chaplains conduct funeral service for burial at sea. Marine honor guard fires salute as others salute.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 23
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069063
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