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U.S. 81st Division, 323 Infantry Regiment troops assemble on beach near a landing craft at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island.

U.S. 81st Division, 323 Infantry Regiment troops at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island during World War II. The U.S. soldiers assemble on beach near a landing craft. All the soldiers carry combat life saving bag on their back. One of the soldier helps another to get into flame throwing equipment. The soldiers in a group carrying guns on their shoulders. A combat life saving bag. The soldiers stand behind a board talk. A soldier seated with a mortar in his hands. A soldier smokes a cigarette. Mortar parts, canteens, life saving bag and rifles kept on a platform. The soldiers near the landing craft.

Date: 1944, September 24
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069710
U.S. fighter airplanes fly over a jungle and a U.S. flag is raised atop the telephone poleat Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island.

U.S. 81st Division, 323 Infantry Regiment troops at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island during World War II. U.S. fighter airplanes fly over a jungle. A tower in the foreground. A soldier and an officer placing a U.S. flag on a telephone pole. The U.S. flag is raised atop the telephone pole. The flag flatters due to wind.

Date: 1944, September 24
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069711
A Lieutenant holds weapons inspection aboard LST-219 and U.S. troops on LVTs head for shore at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island.

U.S. 81st Division, 323 Infantry Regiment troops at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island during World War II. The soldiers board LST (Landing Ship Tank). The U.S. soldiers on LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) head for shore. The troops on LVTs underway. A Lieutenant holds weapons inspection aboard LST-219. The Lieutenant holds a rifle in his hands. He demonstrates how to load a shell. The soldiers on the deck with rifles look at him. The Lieutenant inspects the rifles of the troops. The soldiers clean rifles on the deck of LST.

Date: 1944, September 24
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069713
Seabees construct air strip using graders, dump trucks, power shovels and bulldozers at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Island.

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.

Date: 1944, December 6
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069717
U.S. and Japanese warplanes engage in aerial combat and U.S. planes attack Japanese fleet during the Battle of the Philippine Sea

Scenes from aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theater during the Battle of the Philippine Sea of World War 2. The Task Force advances towards the Mariana Islands. Commander Dixie Kiefer and another officer watch through binoculars from the conning tower of 'The Fighting Lady'. Japanese bombers and fighters approach and attack the carrier. Anti aircraft guns fired. Japanese panes are hit and downed. Explosions in the water near the ships. Sailors fire deck guns. A Japanese torpedo bomber approach the carrier through the flak. Gunners fire at her. The plane is hit and downed. Animated map depicts advance of U.S. and Japanese Naval Task forces between the Philippines and the Caroline Islands. U.S. pilots board their planes. Radio Plotting Room in charge Smokey talks over the radio. Flight deck crew prepare the planes for take off. U.S. fighter planes run into Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeros. Japanese and U.S. planes are shot down during the aerial combat. Planes hit and on fire. The U.S. Air Combat Group approaches the Japanese Imperial Navy formation of battleships. Destroyers and carriers conduct escape maneuvers.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 7 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021566
U.S. 81st Division, 323 Infantry Regiment troops wade through water and walk past wreckage of a village in Ulithi Atoll.

U.S. 81st Division, 323 Infantry Regiment troops at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island during World War II. The soldiers wade through water to board a landing barge. A soldier with a bandaged leg is helped by other soldiers in the water. Two soldiers with carbine advance warily towards ruins of a house. The troops looking from a hole in a damaged concrete wall of the house . A U.S. airplane in flight over a jungle. The soldiers advance through a jungle terrain. They walk past wreckage of a village in the jungle terrain. The soldiers advancing.

Date: 1944, September 24
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069712