U.S. Marines at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) are unloaded on a beach. Natives handle gasoline drums. The natives load the drums on a truck.
American flag flying from a tall flagpole over a hill near Henderson Field on Guadalcanal during World War 2. U.S. Marine officers are seated at a table in a local headquarters tent dug in and sandbagged at the base of the hill, which sits on the edge of the captured Japanese airfield (Henderson Field). One of the officers is looking through binoculars. Nearby, behind them a C-45 transport plane (Beechcraft Model 18) is approached by a fuel truck. Many other aircraft parked aircraft are seen in the distance. Two Marines standing in front of a mound of sandbags discuss something on a clipboard. Several Marines relax in front of a wooden building. Another Marine officer wearing a sidearm joins them with a large map, which they discuss. One of the Marine officers is a Colonel (O-6). Scene shifts to a B-17, tail number 41-2403, taxiing. Next, several B-17s are seen through palm trees, flying overhead. One has its landing gear extended and descends, beyond some trees, to land. Camera moves to a site where pipelines are being repaired by Seabees. A Seabee welder is at work on one. Seabees move new pipe into position on cross ties. (Note: The B-17 Number 41-2403 ditched January 27, 1943, on the way from Guadalcanal to Espiritu Santo, with Brigadier General Nathan Farragut Twining, Commander, 13th Air Force, on board. On 1 February 1943, the U.S. Navy rescued him and 14 others from their life rafts, near New Hebrides Islands.)
Japanese prisoners in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Japanese prisoners are marched. Wounded prisoners carried on stretchers. MP (Military Police) stands guard. U.S. Marines leave the beach in landing craft. Prisoners march behind barbed wire.
U.S. Marines in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Landing craft loaded with Marines leave beach. Marines board landing craft. Bearded Marines on the beach. Marines march on the beach to embark landing crafts.
U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson and his 2nd Marine Raider Battalion in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Carlson talks to a Marine and shows a picture. Colonel Carlson poses with 2nd Marine Battalion. The Marines hold Japanese flags and captured guns.
U.S. Marines in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. A truck pulls trailers loaded with 1000 lb. bombs. Marines sit on bombs. The ammunition dump. Equipment handled on beach. Marines unload crates. A crane in operation.
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