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United States 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division infantryman fires in Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands.

United States 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division troops on Hill 700, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands. An infantryman fires a carbine from a concealed position. He crawls out of a foxhole. A soldier in the foxhole reads a letter. (World War II period).

Location: Solomon Islands
Date: 1944, March 9
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046505
United States 145th Infantry Regiment infantryman fight against Japanese forces in Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands.

United States 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division troops on Hill 700, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands. A patrol with full packs and carbines deploy through broken brush. The troops advance cautiously. A Japanese soldier hides behind a boulder. He is hit by gun fire. Dead Japanese soldier. U.S. soldiers throw hand grenades. Soldiers crawl on stomach towards gun emplacement. (World War II period).

Location: Solomon Islands
Date: 1944, March 9
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046506
1st Tank Battalion of the United States Marine Corps load supplies on ships at Tulagi Island in Solomon Islands.

1st Tank Battalion of the United States Marine Corps at Tulagi Island in Solomon Islands during World War II. Marines load supplies onto the ship with the help of cranes. Small boat approaches dockyard. Landing ships laying off shore. Landing craft loaded with supplies departs from dockyard. Another ship approaches the dockyard.

Location: Tulagi Island Solomon Islands
Date: 1944, September 7
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063835
Major General O. W. Griswold decorates soldiers of the 182nd Infantry Regiment in ceremony, Bougainville, Solomon Islands

The men of the 182nd Infantry Regiment stand at "Present Arms" in a formal ceremony held in the jungles of Bougainville in May, 1944. U.S. Major General O.W. Griswold speaks into a microphone in a field and troops line up in the background. The Major General decorates solders as he pins medals onto their uniforms, in recognition of their defense of Hill 260, redubbed 'Bunker Hill' in honor of the 182nd Army Division, whose history can be traced back to the Battle of Bunker Hill. Major General speaks into the microphone. Troops march in parade. Allied band and troops with color guard pass in review. Soldiers unveil a poster that reads ' Bunker Hill Road' depicting an eagle flying in front of the Japanese 'rising sun' flag. A band plays at the ceremony. Those awarded at the ceremony include, amongst many others, Sgt Edward Monahan, Sgt William Joyce, Sgt Daniel Ramsey, and Private First Class John P. Correggio. (World War II period).

Location: Bougainville Solomon Islands
Date: 1944, May
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051302
Allied Logistic operations on Tulagi Island, Solomon Islands, prior to advance against Peleliu during World War II

Film begins as a Yard Oiler (YO-12) pulls up alongside the Gunston Hall (LSD-5). Next the LCT-925 (one of the three aboard the Gunston Hall) exits the well dock, filled with supplies. Next, men are seen attaching a fuel transfer line from the YO-12 to the Gunston Hall's fuel port. Scene shifts completely to U.S. Marines of 1st Tank Battalion, receiving supplies aboard the transport ship,USS DuPage (APA-41), by means of net slings, from one of her Higgins boats (LCVP), alongside. Marines open the nets and remove the contents. Views of loaded slings being raised from another boat and being opened on deck of the transport ship. Silhouette of freighter offloading supplies, to be ferried to the DuPage, is viewed from a a boat moving towards her. A Higgins boat is beside the freighter. Camera pans up to show Panamanian flag on freighter's top mast. A large bundle of boxes being lowered from the freighter to sailors in Higgins boat beside, that has PA 41 stenciled on its bow.

Location: Tulagi Island Solomon Islands
Date: 1944, September 6
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063836
U.S. soldiers searching for Japanese prisoners and firing at their positions along a shore in the Solomon Islands.

United States troops in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Tactical maneuver of bypassing some Japanese held islands and advancing to more strategic positions is explained. U.S. soldiers aboard a tank advancing along a shore. Some of the soldiers walking along the shore. They fire at Japanese positions. Holding rifles they search for Japanese prisoners. Buildings on a field. The soldiers standing in front of the buildings. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers lying on the field.

Location: Solomon Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076656
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