U.S. Admiral Byrd's special navy mission in the South Pacific. Vegetation on the island. View of the island. Houses in the background. Beach and wharf at the island. Ships in the water. Unloading of lumber from a boat on the beach.
General MacArthur maps the drive on Leyte with field commanders. Guarding the operation in the Philippines is a vast naval force. Battle map shows location of U.S. 7th fleet (Kinkaid) and U.S. 3rd fleet (Halsey). The air and sea Battle of Leyte Gulf. Aircraft carrier operation, planes land and take-off. Japanese plane shot down; hit by anti-aircraft fire Japanese plane cartwheels through the sky and crashes into the ocean. The USS Princeton is loss in battle. Aerial view of damage and later view of Princeton magazine exploding. Damaged plane landing on carrier deck on one landing gear. Admiral Nimitz reports on battle. (World War II period).
During the Battle of the Leyte Gulf, a Japanese A6M5 Zero aircraft carries out one of the first kamikaze attacks of World War II, diving and attacking the U.S. Navy Escort Carrier USS Suwanee (CVE-27) in the Leyte Gulf of the Philippines. Clouds of black smoke billow from the hit carrier. Some Navy sailors from the hit USS Suwanee in the water, blown overboard by the explosion, approaching USS Sangamon (CVE-26), also in Task Unit 77.4.1 ("Taffy 1") for assistance. USS Sangamon underway.
Joint Board of Investigation at the Subic Bay in Luzon, Philippines regarding the collision of destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) with Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21). Australian and American officers on the board include RAN (Royal Australian Navy) Captain John Davidson, USN (United States Navy) Captain Stemhen L. Rusk, RAN Rear Admiral Hugh D. Stevenson, USN Rear Admiral Jerome J. King, Jr., USN Captain Clyde B Anderson, RAN Captain Kenneth W. Shands, USN Board Counsel JAGC (Judge Advocate General's Corps) Captain Horace B. Robertson and RANVR (Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve) Board Counsel Harold H. Glass. The members get seated. The investigation in progress. Cameramen record the event. The Board members seated and standing. USN Rear Admiral Jerome J. King is seated. The Board members talk. Officers have a small conference at the back of the room.
United States 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division troops on Hill 700, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands. An infantryman fires a carbine from a concealed position. He crawls out of a foxhole. A soldier in the foxhole reads a letter. (World War II period).
United States 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division troops on Hill 700, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands. A patrol with full packs and carbines deploy through broken brush. The troops advance cautiously. A Japanese soldier hides behind a boulder. He is hit by gun fire. Dead Japanese soldier. U.S. soldiers throw hand grenades. Soldiers crawl on stomach towards gun emplacement. (World War II period).
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