U.S. Naval fleet of warships anchored off Ulithi Atoll, Palau, Western Caroline Islands, during World War 2. Aircraft carriers are seen and many other types of warships. Closeup of a Pensacola, Salt Lake City ("Swayback Maru") class heavy cruiser, in camouflage paint, with Kingfisher scout plane on her stern. An escort aircraft carrier. A sling filled with supplies being unloaded on an aircraft carrier. A U.S. flag on the cargo ship in the background. Food supplies being unloaded from cargo nets. Sailors pick up the supplies and store them aboard the aircraft carrier. Cartons piled up inside the aircraft carrier. A sailor pulls a trolley loaded with food supplies. The interior of the carrier with stored food supplies.
Construction of airstrip at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island during World War II. A bivouac area. The troops in vehicles drive down a muddy road in the area. Palm trees on either side of the road. Tents in the background. The troops walk on a road. The damaged huts. The wreckage in the forest. A sign reads '51st Naval Construction Bn'. A hangar. The Seabees construct roads and air strips using graders, dump trucks, power shovels and bulldozers. The Seabees at work during the construction. The Seebees in a jeep talk to the men. They cut bushes. The gasoline drums piles up. A man on a crane. The men pile gasoline drums on fuel dump with the help of the crane. The construction of airstrip. The dump trucks back up. A crane picking up dirt. A bulldozer rolls down.
A quad 50 (4-50 caliber machine guns) mounted on a U.S. Army vehicle at the shore at Ulithi Atoll, during World War 2. A C-47 (Navy R4D) parked on airstrip with Seabees at work with trucks in background. A PBY Catalina amphibian plane being serviced. An F6F parked on sand in makeshift revetment. Another one coming in for a landing. The landing F6F on ground roll as a steam roller passes in foreground. Navy F6F aircraft arriving, from aircraft carriers, and being parked. Numerous Navy aircraft, including SB2C Helldivers and F6F Hellcats, parked with wings folded on the airstrip, while construction work continues. Men recover items from a crashed F6F, as smoke rises in background. They work to prevent fire around the crashed plane. Hoses are stretched around the plane and one man holds a pressure nozzle.
During World War 2, three pilots of Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) stand in front of Billboard displaying their squadron symbol of a red devil with spear and cape. It also displays silhouettes of Japanese ships they had struck. View of the newly constructed airstrip at Ulithi, as an F6F aircraft takes off. It is followed, in turn, by a C-47 (R4D),a PBY, and another F6F. Aerial view of Ulithi and the new broad runway running across the atoll.
Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A U.S. Landing Craft Tank (LCT-592) on Utah beach with its ramp open. Jeeps aboard the LCT. U.S. soldiers bring metal over to use as ramps. The soldiers try to start a jeep. They lay mats so that vehicles can come off the ramp on the beach.
Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. The main deck of a transport ship. Rigging in the foreground. Crew falling in for inspection on the deck. Coast Guard (CG) crew and U.S. soldiers fall in for inspection. A deck house in the background. A Division Officer looks over his division. A Coast Guard Captain walks between CGs who are standing according to their ranks and inspects crew. Coast Guardsmen as they open ranks and the officer inspects. Coast Guard officers falling and join inspection party. Two ranks of Coast Guard enlisted men as they open ranks and salute. The captain inspects the ranks. The captain and an executive officer walk down the deck and duck under the rigging. The Captain approaches and inspects the Coast Guard ranks. Coast Guard Ranks.
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