U.S. Marines in Tulagi, Solomon Islands during World War 2. Two U.S. small craft in water as seen from Hill 281 on Tulagi, where a U.S. Marine looks through binoculars set up on tripod. A Marine transmits message by semaphore. Marines manning an antiaircraft gun.
Battle of Angaur in Palau Islands during World War II. Aerial views show smoke rising from burning Japanese installations on Angaur. Shoreline of Angaur. Damaged Japanese buildings. U.S. landing crafts around beach. U.S. ships and landing crafts of task force off the coast of Angaur.
U.S. air raid on Bonin Islands, Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers. U.S. submarine surfaces and advances. A Japanese ship burns in the background. Formation of U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver bombers.
Decoration ceremony on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Small unit stands in formation in front of a P-40 aircraft of the 44th Fighter Squadron on the Fighter 2 airstrip. U.S. officer reads citation. Commander of U.S. 25th Infantry Division, Major General Joseph Lawton Collins, shakes hand of 2Lt Jack Bade after awarding him an Air Medal. Several P-40s of 13th Air Force,seen nearby, with white stripes painted on them.
U.S. troops practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal,Solomon Islands and Naumea, New Caledonia during World War II. Landing crafts loaded with U.S. troops head for beach during pre-invasion practice. U.S. troops of 25th Infantry Division, 161st Regimental Combat Team come down cargo nets and load aboard LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). LCVPs arrive at Guadalcanal beach and U.S. troops disembark. Soldiers march inland. Soldier digs foxhole. Tank moving on road. Soldiers carry stretchers. Troops disembark from LCVPs. Half track and troops unload from LCVP.
U.S. troops practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal,Solomon Islands during World War II. Bulldozer comes off LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized). Second bulldozer tows 155 mm howitzer comes off LCM. Soldiers of U.S. 90th Field Artillery Battalion, a part of U.S. 25th Infantry Division Artillery, unload 155mm projectiles in chain fashion.
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