Invasion of Tarawa. Sailors in helmets, with pails, packs, and rifles walk up gangway. Jeep and supplies on dock. Navy officers and men talk. Officer checks list as sailor come up gangway with sea bags and gear.
Construction activity at a U.S. military base in arctic. Surveyor at work. Bulldozer in operation. Crane lifting buckets of concrete for foundations. Crane bucket is heated over a fire. Many established buildings seen in background. Workers fill bucket with concrete from large trailer. Ships in harbor, with snow covered hills behind. in water. Snow capped mountains. Clouds settled over mountains. Dock area. Buildings on base of mountains. (World War II period).
Large ship approaches pier at U.S. military base. Snow capped mountains in the background. The ship docks and sailors with sea bags disembark. Trucks loaded with sailors and their sea bags pull away. Sailors with sea bags walk into barracks. Notice on building shows hours for serving "chow." Men enter the building for a meal. U.S. Navy clock shows past 1800 hours with sweep second hand moving.
Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. American planes approach Atsugi Air Base in Japan. Wrecked Japanese planes on airfield. Japanese labor works on airfield. C-54 aircraft lands in Atsugi. General Douglas MacArthur disembarks the plane. USS Missouri in Tokyo bay. Surrender ceremonies aboard USS Missouri. Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamoru Shegemitsu (with cane), General Yoshijiro Umezu, Major General Yatsuji Nagai, Katsuo Okazaki, Rear Admiral Tadatoshi Tomioka, Toshikazu Kase, and Lieutenant General Suichi Miyakazi on deck of USS Missouri. Cameramen record event. General MacArthur speaks on mike. American officers surround General MacArthur. Surrender Instrument on table. Eleven men Japanese Delegation move ahead to sign the Surrender Instrument. Mamoru Shegemitsu signs Surrender Instrument. General Jonathan Wainwright and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur E Percival of British Army step forward with General MacArthur to sign Surrender Instrument. Map shows surrender locations like China, Manchuria, South West Pacific, Central Pacific, Japan, South Korea and Philippines.
Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. Exteriors of High Commissioner's Residence in Baguio City, Luzon, Philippines. General Jonathan Wainwright and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur E Percival of British Army arrive at a building in car. Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita and Vice Admiral Okochi seated with American Generals.
Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. Wake Island on map. Formal Surrender of Japanese garrison on island. Marine officers at Wake Island. Flag raising ceremonies and wreckage of planes on islands. Officers present include USMC General Sanderson, Commander Cross, Commander Masek, Lieutenant Colonel Roberson, and Commander Walter Bayler (who had been the last American to leave Wake Island before its takeover by Japanese forces in December 1941).
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