View from pier below as crane moves pallet of coffins from deck of the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) to the pier. (These are coffins of those who lost their lives in a fire aboard the Oriskany, on October 26, 1966.) View from behind two clergymen on the pier. Sailors carry coffins as clergy walk with them. Marine honor guard salute with rifles. Sailors load coffins on waiting C-130 transport airplane.
Japanese forces occupying Corregidor fortress following a siege that effectively cut off water,food and ammunition from its U.S. and Filipino defenders. during in World War 2. Camera pans across the waterfront of Corregidor Island as Japanese forces occupy it.Japanese boats at their beachhead. American soldiers standing at attention around bunkers as Japanese officers ascend side of hill toward them. Americans being marched down the hill under guard. Japanese officers look at destroyed buildings and inspect the rest of the Corregidor fortifications, including its 12 inch guns at Batteries Hern and Smith. Small and medium U.S. arms and ammunition in a pile. Views of rail cars at tunnel entrance and views inside the tunnels of the Fort. Desks of U.S. officers inside the Fort. One is identified by name plate reading "Major F.F. Kriwanek." Several U.S. officers seen sitting in another office. View from defensive position in the fort.
Japanese troops win the Battle of Corregidor during World War II. United States General Johnathan Matthew Wainwright and other Japanese officers at a surrender conference. Officers discuss the terms of surrender. Japanese soldiers march in compound of a building. Soldiers on top of a watch tower. Japanese troops lower an American flag and Japanese flag being raised after they capture the island of Corregidor.
The occupation of the Bataan Peninsula by Japanese troops during World War II. Tanks and soldiers advancing along a battlefield. Smoke from firing and bombarding. The soldiers advance along an area. Aircraft fly in formation overhead. The soldiers fire machine guns. The tanks advance. Soldiers aboard the tanks. Japanese soldiers carry flags and guns. Exterior of a building. Surrender negotiations between representatives of defeated American troops and Japanese officers.
U.S. Task Force 38.3 in Leyte Gulf during Battle of Leyte in World War II. CVLs (Light Aircraft Carriers) and CVs (Fleet Aircraft Carrier) underway. USS Princeton (CVL-23) underway and burning. Japanese plane passes through flak. Princeton burns fiercely following attack by a Japanese Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Dive Bomber. The aircraft had dropped a bomb which struck the carrier between the elevators, crashing through the flight deck and hangar, and then exploding. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter parked on deck of carrier. Explosion on the after-deck of Princeton. Additional explosion on the USS Princeton. Japanese Zeke (Zero) dives on USS Langley (CVL-27), burns in flames, and crashes.
U.S. Task Force 38.3 in Leyte Gulf during Battle of Leyte in World War II. Japanese plane passes midst flak and tracer fire. DD (Destroyer), BB (Battleship) and CL (Light Cruiser) fire antiaircraft guns. Japanese plane overhead