A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines march ahead on the island. Henderson Field after being captured by the Marines. The American flag being raised at the field. The Marines salute. Shell crates on the field. A gun emplacement on the field. Rollers and other mechanized equipment are used to level surface and make a runway at the airfield. An aircraft taxis at the field. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft parked at the field.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Wounded U.S. Marines being loaded aboard an aircraft to be taken to an island in the Pacific for medical aid. The Marines with minor injuries recover at a field hospital in Guadalcanal. A Marine opens a refrigerator. The Marines bathe and wash in a river. A cook bakes biscuits. The Marines eat food. They look at a bulletin board.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. A Marine blows a bugle as they pay respect to those dead during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Rifles being fired in honor of the dead. United States soldiers get off a ship and come aboard landing crafts. The landing crafts arrive at a beach and troops disembark. A dog gets off a craft. U.S. Marines march towards a shore as they leave the island. The Marines embark onto a landing craft. The American flag flies over Guadalcanal.
U.S. troops in Guadalcanal,Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers around pup tents set up in bivouac area. A soldiers shaves before small mirror tacked to tree trunk. Mascot cockatoo sits above soldier. Two soldiers visit a cemetery on island. Crosses in cemetery.
A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. A map locates Burlesque and Camouflage Islands. The occupation plan for northern landing forces is to occupy and defend the North Carillon group of islands in three phases. The first phase is 'how hour dog day'. Jasper, Ivan, Albert and Allen Islands are included in the phase. Phase II is 'William hour dog plus one day'. Burlesque, Camouflage and Abraham Islands are included in the phase. Operations of phase III include organization of defenses on Burlesque and Camouflage Islands. Capture of the remaining islands is also included in this phase. The Arlington and the Hollis Islands are to be captured. Officers discuss. Smoke rises from naval guns fire. Aerial view of the target area. A ship convoy bombs the main parts of the atoll. Heavy columns of black smoke rise from the bombing. Air support is provided and naval gun fire is carried out according to schedule in phase I. The island is secure after sometime. Animation depicts occupation of the islands and casualties. Japanese men come aboard a ship as they climb a net.
United States soldiers leave ship by companionway and embark amphibious truck DUKW in Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Soldiers aboard a ship. The amphibious truck moves away from the ship towards the island. Flat bottom vessel LST (Landing Ship, Tank) in the background. A truck loaded with lumber. Trucks loaded with lumber move to and from beached LCV (Landing Craft, Vehicle). View of the harbor. LCT (Landing Craft, Tank) in the background. A landing craft shuttle between supply ship and shore. Soldiers on beach. (World War II period).
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