U.S. ships being attacked by submarines underway off the coast of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands during army tests conducted by the United States. Aerial view of U.S. APA (attack transport) being attacked by a submarine. Broken transport starts to sink after explosion.
U.S. ships being attacked by submarines underway off the coast of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands during army tests conducted by the United States. Aerial view of U.S. APA (attack transport) underway and being attacked by submarine. Several views of smoke billowing up from explosion. APA sinks after being attacked.
U.S. Task Force 16 underway in the Pacific to launch the famous Doolittle raid bombing Tokyo, Japan during World War 2. U.S. Destroyers and Cruisers on horizon as planes circle and land aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6). Bow of Heavy Cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25 underway in heavy seas, and another one ahead of it. SOC Seagull observation biplane circles USS Salt Lake City. USS Hornet (CV-8) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) in the background. SOC comes alongside USS Salt Lake City. Pilot is seen affirming security of hoist cable on his top wing, after which, the plane begins rising as the hoist winds it in. SOC flies past USS Salt Lake City. SOCs land in slick of USS Salt Lake City and hook on sled.
Several U.S. Navy planes experience landing mishaps on USS Enterprise (CV-6) while she is underway in the Pacific as part if the Task Force to launch the Dolittle B-25 bombing raid against Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. Flight deck crew gather around SBD light bomber that fell partway off the side of flight deck. One U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter goes over the side of deck. Other aircraft going around because of landing mishaps on the deck.
A model town for interned Japanese nationals in the United States during World War II. A convoy of trucks and cars loaded with Japanese people and belongings head for model camp town escorted by U.S. troops. View of monument "Buffalo Bill - The Scout" by sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in Cody, Wyoming. Japanese American people help construct living quarters at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, between Cody and Powell, Wyoming. Japanese-American volunteer U.S. Army soldiers being trained for war duty. Japanese-American soldiers exercise on a field, march, and wear gas masks as they learn gas tactics of modern warfare. Japanese-American soldiers hold up war bonds that they have bought after pay day.
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.)
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