The American campaign against the Japanese in the South West Pacific during World War II. United States 6th Army troops assembled on a dock before the invasion of Los Negros in the South West Pacific. A convoy of United States ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Soldiers aboard a ship as they clean weapons, sew and play a car game. African American soldier cleaning a rifle. A soldier shaves as another one eats his meal aboard a ship off the coast of Hollandia. Three African American soldiers sit together and view a letter that the middle soldier is reading. Two soldiers read as others write letters. An aircraft lands on the deck of the ship.
17 February 1944, during World War 2, off the coast of Truk Island in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. aircraft from the USS Cowpens (CVL-25) attack the Japanese Sendai class light cruiser Naka. Scenes of the bombing attack on the Japanese cruiser. Explosions on and around the Naka, which turns to starboard in an evasive maneuver.
Viewed in the distance, on the horizon, USS Minneapolis, CA-36, with the USS North Carolina, BB-55 in the background, tankers maneuver to fuel the fleet. A battleship and light carrier on the horizon, another battleship being fueled. The aircraft carrier USS Lexington, CV-16, being fueled. The fleet oiler USS Guadalupe, AO-32, fuels the destroyer USS Maury (DD-401) and an unknown warship.
Allied troops invade Hollandia, Indonesia during World War II. United States ships underway in the Pacific Ocean on April 22, 1944 to attack Japanese positions in Hollandia. The ships underway as United States Army General Douglas MacArthur looks at the convoy from United States cruiser USS Nashville (CL-43). Radars on alert in case of enemy attack. A United States destroyer transfers mail aboard the USS Nashville. Troops being briefed aboard a ship. Naval guns fire at the coast during night and flaks burst. American carrier planes bombard Japanese position on the island. Allied ships underway as planes fly overhead. Troops in landing crafts as they head for the beach. Allied troops disembark from the crafts and advance inland. Trucks, tanks and troops unload from landing crafts. Allied soldiers walk through mud as they advance. General MacArthur gets off Nashville and inspect an airfield under construction on the island.
Activities aboard USS Hancock (CV-19) in the Pacific Ocean, during World War 2. Opening scene shows remains of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft from Torpedo Squadron Seven (VT-7) that crashed on landing. The forward cockpit area appears intact, but behind that, the fuselage is torn off and sits separately on the flight deck. Sailors move the the tail section closer to the edge of the deck. Sailors and some flight crew stand on the deck, as the Hancock appears to be underway at high speed, judging by the water in background. Scene gets dark (underexposed) as sailors move the wreckage. Next, a crane is seen erected and lifting the main wreckage. But the load drops back down on the deck. Filming is interrupted, but picks up again, as the mobile crane carries the wreckage to the edge of the deck and drops it into the ocean.
U.S. Forces shoot down enemy airplanes and submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Task Force underway at sea off the coast of Saipan. Three Japanese aircraft attack ships. Naval guns being fired at the airplanes. The airplanes being shot down. An aircraft bursts into flames and falls into sea. A U.S. aircraft attacks a German U-boat in the Atlantic Ocean. The U boat being strafed and sinks into the sea.
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