Pre-invasion view of Iwo Jima from a U.S. airplane flying off shore. A jeep escorts a Staff car carrying two U.S. Navy officers who are greeted by other officers as they step from their car. Quonset huts in the background. The officers proceed to an open field where 17 members of the 302nd Naval Construction Battalion stand in formation. One officer reads a citation and then several officers proceed to decorate the sailors with purple hearts. At conclusion of ceremony, the officers salute. A color guard carries the American flag and the flag of the 302nd Naval Construction Battalion.
Red Cross volunteers pack Red Cross parcels for American prisoners imprisoned in Germany during World War II. Parcels include food cans, cheese, cocoa powder, box of Jack Frost, box of raisins, cream, cigarettes, biscuits, Milkao milk. Stacks of soap bars and multi vitamin tablets for Allied prisoners. Red Cross parcels move through conveyer belt into a truck.
Aboard the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) the crew prepares a funeral with full military honors for Lt. Commander Omar R. Ford who was one of 44 who lost their lives in a tragic fire aboard the ship on October 26, 1966. Sailors are seen assembling and lining up in formation in dress whites. Ship's flag at half-mast. Captain John H. Iarrobino, the skipper, and other officers inspect the formations. View from above of Marine honor guard in full dress uniforms, and of officer pallbearers standing by flag-draped body. A formation of ship's officers.
Japanese Zeke fighter aircraft (Misubishi A6M Zero) strafes USS Sangamon (CVE-26) and bullets splash in water. Destroyer underway and flak bursts in air. USS Sangamon underway and Japanese plane burns in waters of the Leyte Gulf in background. Other vessels in Task Unit 77.4.1 ("Taffy 1") seen in the footage. Shortly before the Battle of Leyte Gulf. (World War II period).
Plane handlers lounge on flight deck of USS Sangamon (CVE-26) and eat ice cream. U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Trathen (DD-530) approaches and transfers wounded Japanese fighter pilot to USS Sangamon (CVE-26) via breeches buoy. (The guns of the USS Trathen had shot his plane down). Japanese pilot received on USS Sangamon and transferred to stretcher.
Aerial view of the U.S. Navy Aircraft carrier, USS Wasp (CV-18) painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 10a paint, underway in Manila Bay, during World War 2. Close view of an F6F Hellcat of Navy Squadron VF-14 taking off from the Wasp, followed by a TBF/TBM Avenger of VT-14. Formation of TBFs passing overhead and then over coast of Japanese-held territory. A Japanese airplane with smoke streaming behind. A Japanese airplane being attacked from behind and hit by gunfire (probably from an F6F). View from U.S. Navy aircraft strafing Japanese ground targets.
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