U.S. troops on Roi-Namur island of the Kwajalein Atoll during the Battle of Kwajalein in World War II. Marines at a 1.1"/75 caliber gun on the deck of a ship. A fleet of U.S. Navy transports and aircraft carriers underway at sea. The cargo deck of an LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Explosions due to bombardment on Kwajalein Atoll. U.S. Marines in boats heading towards the shore. Smoke due to explosions on the beach. Troops going down the side of transport ship using a cargo net into the LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). Ships at sea and clouds of smoke rising in the background. Marines getting down from LCVPs on the shore. A Marine fires a 3"/50 caliber gun. An amphibious craft on the shore. A U.S. Navy dive bomber SBD Dauntless in flight overhead. Explosions on the beach. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) underway at sea. The Marines get off an LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) and advance across the beach. Marines and a few amphibious vehicles on the beach. An LVT coming up on the beach. Two GIs firing rifles on the shore. An LST with troops on the beach. Marines load and fire 75 mm howitzers. A combat cameraman operates a camera mounted on a tripod. Marines on an airfield. An explosion occurs and dirt and rubble fly all around. Marines inside a bomb crater firing carbines. A Marine looking under a concrete slab aiming his carbine. A Marine engineer constructing a yard grenade with one end in a hole and other Marines standing around taping a fuse on it. Two Marines run away from the hole. Explosions occur. Dead Japanese soldiers lying behind a wooden screen. A partially constructed Japanese hangar with burnt canvas. A part of the tail of a Japanese bomber in view. Two soldiers beside a wrecked aircraft. One of them looking into the fuselage of the aircraft. View of the tail assembly of a wrecked Japanese bomber on an airfield. A damaged Japanese bunker. An LCVP beside a U.S. Navy ship. Wounded men being transferred from the LCVP to the ship. Church services held on a beach at Kwajalein.
Ships on patrol at sunset. LST underway at sea. Island in the background. Planes strafe island. Boat moves away from island. Plane bombs beach. Smoke arises from explosion on beach. (World War II period).
U.S. Air Force runway strips and airfields at islands of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. A new runway strip at Carney airfield being constructed for U.S. Air Force fighter aircrafts nearby the sea shore of the island. Landing strip between dense forests with coastal trees. equipment and trees cut down for the runway. Another landing strip with few planes parked and houses near side the strip.
As viewed through periscope of submerged American submarine, bombs explode all along the coastline of Midway Island under attack by Japanese bombers (unseen) during World War 2 Battle of Midway. One strike hits oil storage site causing black smoke to rise. Many bombs create high long-lasting clouds of smoke.
U.S. Armed Forces Cemetery No. 1, near Orange Beach, Peleliu Island, Palau Islands, in World War 2 . Rows of graves marked by wooden crosses in white beach sand. Two 1st Division Marines secure the crosses. 'Connalay C.H. USA' written on one of the crosses. A Marine kneels by grave with rifle in hand. 'Unidentified' marked on another grave marker.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Aerial view: The tanks and men advance across Engesebus Island. Landing boats go across a lagoon. Shell holes due to bombardment. M-4 tanks and amphibious tractors. Men get out of the amphibious tractors and run inland. Fire as a tank moves in the background.
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