U.S. Marine Corps following Battle of Tarawa in World War II. Chaplains conduct funeral services aboard a ship. Dead of the United States 2nd Marine Division, covered with United States flag, are buried at sea. Marines fire guns and pay honor to the dead. They salute. Marines cut away clothing and search Japanese prisoners on the Tarawa beach. Prisoners carry their wounded comrade. U.S. marines drink and fill water from containers of captured Japanese water supplies..
Battle of Tarawa in Pacific during World War II. British Vickers coastal guns, captured by the Japanese in Singapore, silenced by U.S. Navy bombardments. Damaged Japanese tank and Command Post.
Bucket cranes and bulldozers remove and clear heaps of dirt for constructing an airstrip. Dump trucks spread sand and road scrapers and steam rollers prepare the ground. U.S. F6F fighter aircraft land on the newly constructed airstrip. Pilot poses with marines of the United States 2nd Marine Division.
U.S. Army men attack Japanese fortifications in Truk during World war II. U.S. aircraft on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean. An aerial view of Japanese ground installations. Japanese aircraft are attacked. An aircraft descends as it catches fire. An aerial view of Japanese ground installations being bombed. Japanese ships explode. A U.S. aircraft with a damaged wheel lands. The injured pilot is carried on a stretcher.
U.S. amphibious landings on Luzon, Philippines during its invasion in World War II. U.S. 25th Infantry troops and equipment on beach. Crane unloads cargo nets from LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) that have beached. Troops march on beach. Members of Headquarters Unit I Corps unload small ammunition boxes in chain fashion.
U.S. amphibious landings on Luzon, Philippines during its invasion in World War II. Landing crafts beached. U.S. 25th Infantry troops wade ashore after disembarking from landing crafts. Beach area showing U.S. equipment and troops. Troops being unloaded and stack ration crates. Oil barrels on beach. A bulldozer and crane on beach.
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