U.S. 40th Infantry Division maneuvers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers aboard LST (Landing Ship, Tank) underway. Interior of LST as ramp is lowered. LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) leaves ramp moves into water and heads for the shore. U.S. troops loaded on LVTs head for the beach.
Flag raising ceremony by U.S. Army at Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Troops at attention and salute the flag. Soldiers take pictures. Commander-General of USAFPOA (US Army Forces Pacific Ocean Area) Lieutenant General Robert Richardson, Jr. talks to other U.S. officers. Army jeeps parked.
Loose formation of U.S. Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers in flight during battle of Midway, in World war 2. View from backseat of one passing, ahead of a U.S. Yorktown class aircraft carrier. Formation of SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers in flight and closeup of one with pilot and rear gunner clearly seen. View of U.S. aircraft carrier underway below. View from aircraft carrier of SBD-3 flying low to port. Aircraft closely packed on deck of the USS Hornet (CV-8). A Grumman F4F, Wildcat, of Navy Fighter Squadron, VF-8, takes off from Hornet, followed by 2 Douglas Dauntless SBD dive bombers. Gun crews aboard the carrier fire 20 mm, 1.1 inch, and 5 inch guns at Japanese aircraft. Flak bursts in sky. Japanese planes are hit and fall into the sea.
U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Evan Carlson with his 2nd Marine Raiders Battalion nicknamed 'Carlson's Raiders' in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Carlson's Raiders hold captured Japanese flag, rifles, ammunition and machine guns. Close-up view of tattoos on arm of a U.S. Marine showing a bulldog wearing a combat helmet and below that a skull and crossbones symbol. Words above the bulldog say "Iceland" and "US Marines." Below the bulldog is written "First to Fight" and "Raiders." Colonel Carlson poses with Carlson's Raiders.
U.S. Marines in Tulagi, Solomon Islands during World War 2. Two U.S. small craft in water as seen from Hill 281 on Tulagi, where a U.S. Marine looks through binoculars set up on tripod. A Marine transmits message by semaphore. Marines manning an antiaircraft gun.
U.S. army officials aboard a ship underway during World War II invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands. Interiors of U.S. AGC (Auxiliary General Communications) show NBC reporter Robert Ewing broadcasting to United States. Ewing meets Major General Roy S. Geiger, U.S. Marine Corps General Holland Smith, Admiral Theodore Wilkinson, and Admiral George Hudson Fort.
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