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Bob Hope and his USO Troupe visit a U.S. Navy base on Mios Woendi island, Schouten Islands, Papua New Guinea, during World War II.

Bob Hope and members of his USO troupe ride on a PT boat during visit to entertain U.S. Navy personnel during World War 2. In opening scene, Bob Hope doffs his pith helmet as he strolls past the camera to climb aboard a PT boat (PT-331) of U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 21, where several naval officers greet him. Members of Hope's USO troupe, Patty Thomas, and Francis Langford, step from jeeps to board the PT boat. Next, the two are seen in the cockpit of the boat next to its captain, Lieutenant Kermit W. Montz, USNR, as the boat speeds along in the water. Among sailors occasionally glimpsed behind them is Radioman 1st Class bill Thielen. In change of scene, Bob Hope climbs out a hatch, holding onto his pith helmet to keep it from blowing off. The boat's number, 331 is clearly displayed on superstructure behind him. Various Navy sailors on deck. (Note: Squadron 21 received a Presidential Unit Citation for outstanding performance during the Huon Peninsula Campaign against Japanese forces from October 1943 to March 1944.)

Location: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1944, August 11
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057656
P-38 aircraft and ground crews of U.S. 49th Fighter Group in New Guinea, during World War II.

P-38 Lightning aircraft of the 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, at Schwimmer Field near Port Moresby, New Guinea, during World War 2. Crew chiefs attend to P-38 aircraft, some with engines running. Ground crewmen manually maneuver nose wheel using towbar. Crew chief cleans the aircraft of American Ace, Captain Richard I. Bong. His P-38, named "Marge," displays large picture of woman and 27 Japanese victory flags ( Bong having just broken Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I record of 26 victories). Staff in control tower use light signals. Aerial view from airplane flying among cumulus clouds.

Location: Port Moresby New Guinea
Date: 1944, April
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030623
American campaign against Japanese-held islands in the Pacific during World War II

U.S. sea power in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Aerial view of landing craft speeding through the water below. Animated map of Pacific Islands including the Solomons, New Britain, and New Guinea. Shows arrows depicting American amphibious assaults on Russell Islands in February, 1943; on New Guinea, and Rendova in June, on New Georgia in July, on Eastern New Georgia in August, on Choiseul, in October, and Bouganvillle in November, 1943. Aerial view of a Pacific Island airfield. Grumman F4F aircraft with engine running on an aircraft carrier. Bow view of an American Essex class Aircraft Carrier making way in heavy seas. A Douglas Dauntless airplane heading away from a carrier (in background). Map showing locations of American North and South Pacific naval forces and arrows pointing to Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and then to the Marshall Islands (Kwajalein Atoll and Enewetak Atoll). American infantry marching with full field packs, at a port, where they board transport ships. An artillery field piece being loaded on the ship, along with landing vehicles tracked, and army trucks. A convoy of troop ships and supply ships at sea.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067284
Enemy airplanes drop bombs and USAAF P-39 Airacobras in flight over Wau, Papua New Guinea.

The U.S. Army Air Force Troop Carrier Command in Wau, Papua New Guinea during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force Troop Carrier Command personnel look through an equipment and make weather forecast. An observer plots on a sheet. Enemy airplanes in groups of three in a formation flight. The airplanes drop bombs over Wau. U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) P-39 Airacobras in flight. Transport airplanes peel off and land at Wau.

Location: Wau Papua New Guinea
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058122
Wounded are loaded onto a U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain which takes off from Wau, Papua New Guinea.

The U.S. Army Air Force Troop Carrier Command evacuates wounded in Wau, Papua New Guinea during World War II. Red Cross vehicles driven to Wau. Troop Carrier Command personnel carry the wounded on stretchers. The wounded are loaded onto a U.S. Army Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrain. A wounded man on a stretcher. The C-47 Skytrain taxis and takes off. Mountains in the background.

Location: Wau Papua New Guinea
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058123
United States B-25 Bombers bombing on Hansa Bay and Wewak, Papua New Guinea.

United States Instructor teaches aerial techniques to other members. United States B-25 Bomber in flight. Bombing explosions on Hansa Bay and Wewak, Papua New Guinea. Fleet of B-25 Bombers flying overhead. Explosions on ground and in water. (World War II period).

Location: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022408
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