United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft and crew in the Mariana Islands during World War II. A B-29 Superfortress in flight. The engines of the aircraft start. The bomb bay doors of the aircraft are opened. The aircraft banks and turns. View of cumulus clouds.
United States Army Air Force operations in the Mariana Islands during World War II. A ribbon and a medal pinned on a coat. The medal reads 'Expert Rifleman'. A ribbon with two stars on it. A medal for a carbine. A ribbon with three stars on it. The first medal. The second medal for 'Expert Automatic Rifle'. The third medal for 'Expert Bayonet'. The ribbon with two stars on it. The ribbon with one star on it. A clock like instrument on a wall gives speed, altitude and footage.
United States Army Air Force operations in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Men sitting on a jeep. A man stands beside the jeep. Two men sit in the jeep. Men run in one direction as an aircraft crashes. Three men stand and watch the aircraft landing. They turn in the same way.
United States Army Air Force operations in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Aerial view of a flat terrain. Aerial view of a forest area. Bombs are dropped on the forest area. The bombs burst through trees.
View from deck of submarine, USS Cod (SS-224) on her last patrol near the end of World War 2, as she approaches to assist the Dutch submarine O-19, grounded on Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea. The O-19 signals with aldis lamp. Small waves can be seen breaking around her on the reef. Crew of the Cod prepare to rescue crew of the O-19. They inflate yellow life rafts. View of the Dutch submarine The USS Cod approaches close in dark blue water. Crew of the Dutch boat seen on her deck in life vests. View of the Dutch boat from starboard, abeam, her bow lifted up on the shoal. Sailors setting explosive charges aboard the O-19, signal to the USS Cod, as she moves away. O-19 crew members seen along with U.S. sailors aboard the USS Cod. Scuttling charges explode on the O-19. Crew member aboard the Cod photographs the event with a small motion picture camera. Crew members perched on the conning tower of the Cod to watch the event. Crew on starboard deck of the Cod. The hulk of O-19 remains on the reef. A U.S. Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol aircraft flies overhead.
United States Marines Corps in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Dead Japanese soldiers on a beach. U.S. Marines inspect the dead bodies of Japanese soldiers. The Japanese prisoners seated under palm trees in a field. Captured Japanese soldiers behind a fenced area. Japanese prisoners being made to march. A U.S. Navy medical Corpsman examines the prisoners, some of whom look starved, thin and emaciated. A Japanese soldier enters the fenced area. Japanese prisoners seated in a field. One of them smokes a cigarette.
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