Wreckage in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Boats beached. Wrecked Japanese freighter Kinugawa Maru at beach. Name 'Tokyo' on a lifeboat. U.S. soldiers on captured Japanese truck with signs 'Tojo's Hearse'. Soldiers carry rifles.
U.S. Army Air Forces operations at "Fighter Two" strip, on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in World War 2. P-38 comes in to land, with left engine feathered. Airmen take temporary refuge under wing of 339th Fighter Squadron's P-38G-13 aircraft, #127 "Fran III," during tropical rainstorm. Mechanic in rain gear, works on P-38 named,"Little Jo"!. More P-38s parked on water-soaked ramp. A P-38 taking off, and another landing, and taxiing to the ramp. P-40F Warhawk, number 256, of the 44th Fighter Squadron (painted white band behind cockpit) lands, followed by another P-40.
Wreckage of U.S. airplanes in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War 2. Opening shots show the remains of a C-47 transport airplane, followed by views of wrecked USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) P-38 Lightning aircraft, on a field. Propellers of P-38. U.S. Airmen examine a wrecked P-38. Two crewmen work on a P-38.
Rescue of a U.S. Marine Corps pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pilot exits U.S. Army Air Forces PBY Catalina flying boat on water. Sun sets in the background. Pilots and rescued pilot. U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant M. N. Vetter gets in a boat. Vetter waves to PBY and crew.
U.S. ships and boats in Pearl Harbor during World War II. Tugs tow the battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) away from pier. She had been refloated, completed temporary repairs at Navy dry dock number 1, and is now proceeding to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, for final repairs and modernization. The ship's complement of officers and sailors line her decks.
U.S. Navy USS LST (Landing Ship, Tank) - 340 bombed by Japanese dive bombers off the coast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. The LST-340 ablaze and trucks burn on deck. A fire boat comes beside LST-340 and hoses down the burning ship. U.S. troops on beach. Smoldering wreckage, trucks and other equipment on deck of LST-340. Smoke billows up from the burning LST-340 at sea.
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