QM (Quartermaster) activities under U.S. Army Special Projects in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Partially constructed QM depot. Soldiers build frame around packing center as soldiers continue their work.
U.S. troops in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War 2. Repair crew works on USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) P-40 Warhawk fighter plane. Mechanic drops wrench twice and another retrieves it from puddle of water. Two ground crew carry cowling of a P-40, with name "Susie III " painted on it, .across a puddle. Crewmen place propeller on P-400 Airacobra. Propeller being adjusted. Jeeps being driven through the mud on the airfield. Pilots in jeep return to operations tent from their planes. Jeep is driven on a muddy field to the operations tent.
U.S. troops in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Repair area shows USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) crew removing propeller from P-38 Lightening fighter plane with assistance of a mobile crane. Graveyard where wrecked planes are stripped, shows many damaged parts. Crew removes motor from wrecked P-40 Warhawk fighter plane with the help of a mobile crane. Engine hangs from a crane hook. A P-39 that has been stripped for usable parts after a shelling has damaged it. A damaged P-38. A mechanic tinkers with tail surface of P-40 which was machine gunned and landed with control wires shot up.
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.
U.S. soldiers and Okinawan civilians in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Soldiers round up a group of natives. Line of civilians at aid station wait for medical attention. A woman being treated for sulphur burns on her back.
U.S. Marine Corps officers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. USMC (United States Marine Corps) Lieutenant General Louis E. Woods, USMC Brigadier General L.H.M. Sanderson, USMC General Christian Frank Schilt study map and talk together outside command headquarters. Officer walks along a jungle road. EM (Enlisted Man) walks toward shack in the background. Officer converse outside command headquarters.
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