The USS Bismarck Sea (CVE- 95) sailing in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant, narrates his experience on board the USS Saratoga (CV-3) at the time of its bombing by Kamikaze planes during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Crewmen sitting on top of a damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter plane on the USS Saratoga a day after the Japanese Kamikaze attack. Wreckage of a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter on deck. A Jeep drives past the wreckage. Crewmen clearing debris on the flight deck. Fighter sitting on the starboard side by the flight deck crane. A gaping hole on the flight deck that went down five decks. Debris on the flight deck. Sailors removing the wreckage of destroyed fighters. They use a rope to pull the destroyed aircraft to the side.
Burial at sea ceremony on board the U.S. Navy ship USS Saratoga (CV-3) a day after an attack by Japanese Kamikazes during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Full crew of the USS Saratoga attend the ceremony on deck. The crew pay their respects. Bodies of the casualties, sewn into sailcloth, seen on deck. Some of the USS Saratoga crew are seen wearing life jackets. The bodies are thrown overboard. United States Marines firing their salute after all the bodies are buried at sea. Thousands of crewmen saluting as they conclude the ceremony. The crew disperse before forming a line on deck. Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant, narrates his experience on board the USS Saratoga at the time of its bombing by Japanese planes.
U.S. Navy ship USS Indiana (BB-1) at the Dry Tortugas islands, west of Key West, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico during the Spanish- American War. The USS Indiana is seen from a moving yacht. The USS Indiana lies at anchor taking on coal. Marines and sailors are seen on the decks. Workers hustling “King coal” into the battleship, with coal passers running back and forth on the deck.
U.S. Navy ship USS Texas sailing the Hudson River, passing by Riverside Park- the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States. The background shows the white dome of the General Grant National Memorial or Grant’s Tomb (W 122nd St &, Riverside Dr, New York, 10027) on the hill crest.
U.S. Army infantry soldiers sit in front of a campfire at an infantry camp in the United States. Tents are seen behind the men. The men are talking and resting in front of the campfire. A man throws firewood into the campfire. A man herds a pack of trained bears. Children riding upon the back of the bears amuse soldiers and Red Cross nurses in the camp.
Trained bears perform tricks at a U.S. Army infantry camp in the United States. Two bears in costume sit on chairs. The bears stand on their hind legs. Trainers with sticks coax and lead the bears to march on their hind legs. They pull the bears with ropes tied to their necks. The bears fight in front of the men. The bears are given broomsticks by their trainers.
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