U.S. Marine Commander of Wake Island, James Devereux returns from Japan in Washington DC. Paddy son of Commander James wait at a railroad station to greet his father. A close up of Paddy. James Devereux gets off the train. His son greets him. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, head of marine corps greets Devereux at the station. James Devereux with his son Paddy poses. Under Secretary of Navy Artemus L. Gates awards him the Navy Cross. Men in the background take pictures. Gates shakes hands with James Devereux. Paddy looks at him. Paddy shakes hands with his father.
United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) aircraft fly over bomb targets in Japan during World War II. The sun rising over the horizon. A pilot in the cockpit of a USAAF 497th Bombardment Group aircraft reading a magazine. The lead B-29 Superfortress aircraft. A pilot at the controls in the aircraft cockpit. The co-pilot takes over the controls. Two USAAF B-29 Superfortress bombers in formation flight. The nose of an aircraft in view. Aerial view of Sofu Gan island. The aircraft in flight. Kanaya airfield and the assembly point for 73rd Bomb Wing at Omaozaki. Aerial views of Mount Fuji and Lake Shimoko. Several B-29s in formation flight. Views of Mount Fuji.
Crew member of USAAF B-29 Superfortress bomber at a South Pacific island, gives his view on surrender of Japan soon after returning from a flight to Japan. The crew member speaks about B-29s bombing Japan in the final days of World War II and talks about his first peacetime landings.
Crew member of USAAF B-29 Superfortress bomber at a South Pacific island, gives his view on surrender of Japan in World War II soon after returning from a flight to Japan. A U.S. Air Force officer pays tribute to the production line of B-29 bombers, ground and air crews. The officer says it was only because of B-29s United States was able to defeat Japan in the final days of war.
USS Sea Dog (SS-401) at the Midway islands in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy personnel aboard the submarine. Other navy personnel standing at the dock. Men hold heavy lines aboard the submarine. U.S. flag flying atop a flag pole in the background. Officers discussing amongst themselves.
Crew members on foredeck of the submarine,USS Cod (SS-224) as she approaches the Dutch submarine, O-19, aground on Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea, a month before the end of World War 2. Crew of the O-19 walk along her partially submerged deck toward the Cod. O-19 crew members along with U.S. Sailors on deck of the Cod. The O-19 empty of crew. Yellow inflated life rafts on deck of the Cod. All hands pulling on a line, aboard the Cod. View from Cod's deck with O-19 crew on board and the Dutch submarine far away in the distance.
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