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U.S. Navy strikes at Japanese positions in Gilbert and Marshall islands early in World War II
View of Diamond Head, framed by palm trees on Waikaki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Street scene with building. Inside, a sign reading: "Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet." In his office, Admiral Chester Nimitz is seen holding a staff meeting. He and one of his staff look over charts with magnifying glasses. Animated map shows prospective supply lines overwater to Australia from Pearl Harbor and Panama. View of U.S. supply ships in a convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean. Soldiers in life vests looking over the railing of a troop ship. Animated map shows threats from Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands in World War 2. Task Force 8, assembled around the Aircraft Carrier Enterprise (CV-6) prepares to attack Japanese positions in the Marshall Islands. The Cruiser, USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) in calm waters. Deck of the Aircraft carrier Enterprise, filled with F4F aircraft with engines running. A Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft takes off from the Enterprise. View from the carrier as the Cruiser Salt Lake City passes to starboard. U.S. Cruisers begin naval bombardment. Smoke rising from burning shore installation. Formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft overhead. Port in Australia, with ships docked and a sentry patrolling. Soldiers waving from a troop ship arriving. Troops disembarking. Body of a P-38 aircraft being offloaded. A Cruiser docked at end of wharf.
U.S. troops advance towards Japanese prison camps in the Philippines.
U.S. troops enter Manila, Philippines during World War II. The troops fire guns and rifles and advance in Manila. The attack Japanese positions and destroy Japanese pillboxes. Tanks and infantry advance. Smoke rises from the firing and bombardment. The troops throw grenades to mop up the area. A Japanese building is destroyed. Wrecked tanks and other equipment on a field. Units of U.S. 44th Tank Battalion and 1st Cavalry Division advance. The troops cross a bridge over a river. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur watch the troops crossing the river. 1st cavalry Division enters Manila. They advance in the northern outskirts towards Japanese concentration camps. They are greeted by Filipino civilians. People celebrate as the troops enter the area.
U.S. prisoners of war; American flag is lowered and the Japanese flag is hoisted after victory of Japan in the Philippines (WW2)
United State prisoners of war in the Philippines during World War II. Captured U.S. prisoners of war in Corregidor Island during Japanese occupation. Army nurses with the captured prisoners of war. A wounded prisoner of war walking with crutches. Injured prisoners of war smoking cigarettes. The flag of the U.S. crumpled on the ground. Brigadier General Lewis Beebe, Colonel Bowles, General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, and General George F. Moore inside their cells in a prison camp. The flag of the U.S. on the ground and the Japanese flag is hoisted on a flagpole.
U.S. Generals and other officials discuss with soldiers on battlefields in the European Theater.
The history of West Point Military Academy. Battle memorials in Europe are shown. U.S. Army General John J. Pershing talks to soldiers. A soldier reads books in an army library. 'The 1909 Howitzer' written on a book. Books on shelves in the background. He reads about various soldiers and their achievements. The soldiers fire artillery. U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower talks to the soldiers. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur discusses with other officials. The soldiers march on a field.
African American U.S. cavalry and infantry units on snow covered training battlefield and in war exercises during World War 2
Activities of U.S. African American soldiers training stateside for battle during World War 2. Soldiers aboard jeeps and trucks driving past on a training battlefield. A snow covered area with U.S. Army soldiers in many tanks, trucks, and a M3 Gun Motor Carriage (tank destroyer) advancing in the snow. The soldiers stand near artillery lined up on the battlefield. They load and fire artillery. Tanks advance on the battlefield. Smoke rises due to firing. Engineers building a pontoon bridge over a river. Cavalry units advance on the battlefield. Trees in the background. African American troops advancing against targets in a mix of M3 half tracks APC and M3 Gun Motor Carriage Tank Destroyers. The soldiers fire an anti-aircraft artillery. African American U.S. Army Infantry units lying in prone position fire rifles and guns on the battlefield.
Activities of U.S Merchant Marines and American ships underway in the United States in the 1920's and 1930's.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marines in the period between World War 1 and World War 2. Newly launched German, Italian and Japanese ships underway at sea. Ships including the German liner Bremen and the Italian Ocean liner Rex are seen underway. People gather at a dock. American ship underway in heavy seas with waves crashing over. Point of view shot at heavy seas from deck of a ship. A man works in a ship radio room. A man watches through binoculars and uses a sextant. Sailors row a small boat with oars in heavy seas. A sailor decorated by officials of the Merchant Marines. Dock workers and ship construction workers at a shipbuilding yard in the United States working on building new ships. American liners are seen undereway including: SS Washington off shore of New York City skyline and skyscrapers, SS Manhattan also off shore of Manhattan, the SS Lurline, the SS Mariposa, and the SS President Hoover (named for Herbert Hoover) underway at sea. The U.S. flag fluttering from a flag pole. The text of the declaration of policy under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is shown.
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