Street fighting in Asia during World War II (Pacific Theater). Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter takes off from field. P-47 fighters dive bombing Japanese-occupied towns as American infantry squads advance in battle-scarred town. The U.S. soldiers employ rifles, bazookas, rifle grenades, hand grenades, and flame throwers (which destroy wood and other lightly constructed buildings). Americans advance under fire from Japanese snipers and return fire. United States soldiers use flamethrowers on wooden houses. A dead Japanese sniper in rubble of building. A Japanese soldier running to surrender, carrying a white flag. A staged exercise in a Burmese village, to demonstrate proper techniques for combating occupying enemy in such a setting. Huts and building in village. Soldier signals other soldiers. Two persons acting as Japanese soldiers inside a building. American soldiers wade through water. Acting Japanese soldier walks to the river side with an empty bucket. American soldier attacks the acting Japanese soldier from behind. Views of various Japanese cities, like Tokyo, Yokohama and Nagoya. Traffic with pedestrians on road. Smoke arising from U.S. artillery shelling of Manila. U.S. Army artillery battery firing field pieces at targets in Manila. Smoke in the streets during the 1945 Battle of Manila. U.S. Soldiers advance through burning Filipino buildings. They advance in groups. U.S. soldiers firing in streets and helping wounded soldier to cross street in front of the import-export business Levy & Blum Inc (345 Echague, Quiapo, Manila, Philippines). They take cover behind rubble. Soldiers engage in street fighting against the Japanese in front of boarded store in Ongpin street, Binondo (Manila Chinatown district). Troops pass by a wrecked building. U.S. soldiers gathered around a chart. They fire gun from hole in wall. Soldiers check houses for booby-traps. Soldier at window of building. Tanks and troops advance. Smoke screen in street. Soldier talks into radio. Captured Japanese march under guard.
United States Vice President Richard Nixon and Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay visit Corregidor Island, Philippines. Nixon and Magsaysay exit from Jeeps. They inspect a 12-inch coastal defense gun mounted on a rotating barbette carriage. President Magsaysay and Nixon speaks to a military official. U.S. Vice President's wife Patricia Nixon is accompanied by President Magsaysay’s wife, First Lady Luz Magsaysay.
Paratroopers landing on Corregidor in the Philippine Islands during World War II. A paratrooper descends. Many parachutes on the ground. An aircraft passes paratroopers descend to Corregidor. Aircraft pass over the island and drop paratroopers. Ships underway at sea. Paratroopers descend, many parachutes lay on the island in the background.
Philippines Campaign in Philippines during World War II. A wooded region in Luzon in Philippines island. U.S. artillery emplacements among the trees. Soldiers beside the artillery. The soldiers under cover near a road. Soldiers wade through a stream under a bridge. Several fighter aircraft in flight. Soldiers moving under cover. The soldiers advance towards Japanese positions on the island. Soldiers fire guns and hurl grenades. Smoke rises from grenade explosion. The soldiers move past Japanese corpses. Soldiers inspect the bodies.
Philippines Campaign in Philippines during World War II. A wooded region in Luzon in Philippines island. Filipinos carrying U.S. wounded soldiers on stretchers move along a road in the wooded region. Other soldiers follow. Smoke rises from the shelled Japanese positions on the island. Troops preparing artillery to be fired. Fighter aircraft in flight in the sky. U.S. troops and Filipino porters moving along the region. The artillery being fired. The ammunition in view beside the artillery. Filipino porters and U.S. troops move past Japanese corpses. The group advances through the bushes and trees.
Philippines Campaign in Philippines during World War II. A U.S. soldier cleans a machine gun in an area among trees and bushes, in Luzon in Philippines island. Another soldier seated beside him. Three other soldiers join them. The group of soldiers confer amongst themselves. Fighter aircraft in flight. Japanese positions on the island are bombed and smoke rises. Smoke rises from several shelled Japanese positions.
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