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Invasion convoy of U.S. army heads for Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

Invasion of Japanese held island of Guam, Mariana Islands by U.S. army during World War II. Battleships fire guns. Amtrack going in. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) fire at the island. Phosphorous shells burst in air. Landing crafts head towards the shore.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 4 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074276
U.S. soldiers dig foxholes in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

Invasion of Japanese held island of Guam, Mariana Islands by U.S. army during World War II. Damaged Japanese installations on the island. Soldiers carry ammunition on shoulders. Soldiers dig foxhole. Soldiers stand around on the beach. Amtrack in the background. Two soldiers behind embankment with radio equipment. Soldiers walk through debris. Amtracks on coastline. Soldiers sitting and standing around 57mm gun.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074279
Wings For This Man - U.S. 332nd Fighter Group P-47s, flown by African American pilots, engage German bombers and Me109 fighters over Italy.

Part 1 of 4 of film "Wings for this Man", also known as "Army Air Forces special film project 151" (narrated by Ronald Reagan) about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first unit of African American pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps. They comprised the 332nd Fighter Group (nicknamed the Red Tails, because of distinctive red painted tails of their aircraft). They are see engaging a Luftwaffe formation of bombers and fighter escorts over Italy during World War 2. P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, of the 322nd Fighter Group, take off from an airfield and head out on morning patrol. They engage a formation of Heinkel He 111 bombers escorted by Me109 fighters. Gun camera footage is seen of the P-47s firing at German Me109s. Several are shot down. German pilot is seen parachuting from one. Afterwards, pilots of 332nd Fighter Group share some of their combat experiences. Views of the kinds of places and circumstances in civilian life from which pilots of the 332nd were drawn. Views of transition from civilian life to the military, including changing into uniforms and boarding a troop train in the snow. View from side of black locomotive and train moving at high speed with smoke pouring out. Montage of locomotive train images.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074301
Interiors of U.S. Army kitchen showing cook stirring boiling potatoes in a pot on Thanksgiving Day in India during World War II.

U.S. 10th Army Air Force in India during World War II. Interiors of kitchen show a cook stirring boiling potatoes in one of the pots. Cranberries being stirred.

Date: 1943, November 25
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074305
Interiors of U.S. army kitchen showing a sergeant decorating a cake on Thanksgiving Day in India during World War II.

U.S. 10th Army Air Force in India on Thanksgiving Day during World War II. Interiors of kitchen show a cake being decorated on table. Sergeant brings pie and places it on a table. Indian bearer, Sunny Smith enters and admires cakes and pies. Sergeant Deal and Sunny exchange smiles. Two corporals opening cans of turkey. Cans of 'boneless turkey' on table. Corporals open cans.

Date: 1943, November 25
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074306
U.S. 555th African American Paratrooper Infantry Battalion being trained at Fort Benning, Georgia during World War II.

Film begins showing a group of African American paratroopers from the U.S. Army 555th Parachute Infantry Company (nicknamed the Triple Nickels) in Fort Benning, Georgia during World War 2. African American soldiers are inspecting their parachutes, laid out on a long table. One of them is a staff sergeant. Next, they don their helmets and then put on their backpack parachutes. Views of them adjusting their parachutes. Closeup of a Technical Sergeant assisting a Master Sergeant with his gear. The troopers double time in a line to an area for inspection. Their static lines are folded on their backpacks, and they hold their reserve chute against their stomachs. A sergeant gives them a final inspection, and they double time to a parked C-47 transport airplane that they board. Glimpse from inside the aircraft as they mount the stairs to the cabin. Next are several glimpses of troopers exiting the aircraft with their static lines hooked to the inside of the C-47. Change of scene shows view from window of a C-47, as a group of troopers begin boarding the aircraft. View along the side of a C-47 transport plane troopers' white parachutes open as they jump from the aircraft. They float away down and behind the aircraft. Aerial view of troopers jumping from left rear door of a C-47 transport plane in flight.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074316