United States Army Air Force crew at their base in the Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. A Army Air Force officer stands on a hoist near the cockpit of a B-29 bomber paints a picture on it. Picture of a baby wearing boxing gloves. Officer paints the baby's diaper with white paint. Soldier looks at nose art painting on the B-29 nose with written wording "Deaner Boy" on it. Another soldier walks up and looks at the nose art painting. (Note: Painter might be Lieutenant Dean C. Forburger, based on examination of image reflected back from aircraft body. Forburger was a B-29 pilot stationed at Tinian at the time, and images exist of him standing beneath this nose art. Forburger was not a member of the crew on Deaner Boy when it perished in a mid-air collision accident in February 1945. The Deaner Boy nose art was painted at least twice on this aircraft, as there are also other images of it in existence with a side-facing baby and cursive lettering for "Deaner Boy").
General Douglas MacArthur walks through ruins of Manila. General MacArthur inspects several destroyed buildings. Army tanks seen in the background.
United States troops fight the Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II. A group of fighters in flight east of Luzon Island in the Philippines. A fighter is strafed and shot down. Aerial view of a dogfight between American and Japanese fighters. A Japanese fighter bursts into flames. A Japanese submarine being strafed. Floating wreckage in the sea. Some Japanese pilots and sailor cling onto wreckage in sea. Japanese soldiers on a lifeboat. United States Navy ships docked on the beachhead of Leyte. United States troops move inland into Leyte Island. Soldiers marching in the mountainous jungles. Troops carrying supplies wade through a swamp. Food is served on a plate to a soldier standing in mud. Soldiers with plates walk on muddy soil. A bored soldier smokes, takes out tissue, while resting in mud. Another soldier smiles and laughs. A soldier crawls into a small tent in muddy terrain to sleep. Muddy boots of sleeping soldiers sticking out of tent. Medics carry an injured patient on a stretcher. Medics walk through muddy terrain. Medics treat a wounded soldier, wrapping his head with gauze. A soldier holds the helmet of his deceased comrade over his face, having just succumbed to injuries. A distraught soldier sits in mud, covering his face as a dead comrade is looked over by medics.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The PACAF (Pacific Air Forces) Jungle Survival School at Clark Air Force Base on Luzon Island, Philippines. USAF personnel outside a building. The School campus. Hills in the background. They walk across the School grounds. Officers, Staff Sergeants and Senior Airmen inspect thatched huts. A Senior Airman seated on the ground during the inspection. They walk away to inspect a white pole, part of a contraption. The airmen cross an enclosure with a thatched roof. An animal eats inside the enclosure. The personnel stand on various spots of the compound. An airman explains and demonstrates a hand made bamboo contraption. The others listen and watch as he talks about the various parts.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The PACAF (Pacific Air Forces) Jungle Survival School at Clark Air Force Base on Luzon Island, Philippines. USAF airmen cross over bamboo sticks tied together and laid out on the ground. AF personnel hear and watch as an airman explains about and demonstrates a hand made bamboo contraption. He removes and shows carved pointed spears made of bamboo. The face up pointed spears in a pit. An airman talks about another hand made contraption. A dog alongside the others as they watch and listen. Another airman demonstrates a third contraption. Carved pointed spears of bamboo tied together on the contraption, and a string attached to pull it. The personnel stand around a contraption with a door.
Japanese troops win the Battle of Corregidor during World War II. Japanese soldiers fire machine guns at American positions in Corregidor, Philippines. Japanese troops advance on foot. Japanese planes in flight. A rail road train pulls up. Soldiers fire guns during jungle warfare. Knee mortars and rifles being fired at Bataan and Japanese soldiers advance further into the island. Japanese soldiers celebrate their victory with a Banzai in the Battle of Corregidor after Americans surrender.
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