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.
U.S. Navy planes aboard carrier off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy personnel run with stretcher on deck of carrier. Sign reads 'Air Intelligence Office'. Flight deck crewman releases hook. Planes land on carrier deck. Photographers mount aerial camera in plane. Pilot enters U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter plane.
U.S. air raid on Bonin Islands, Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver bombers in flight. Formation of SB2Cs over water. Smoke columns rise from burning installations. Aerial view of Japanese installations on Bonin Islands. Near bomb miss on Japanese ship. Smoke columns rise from burning installations. Formation of U.S. Navy TBF Avenger Avenger bombers.
U.S. Navy tanker loads oil at docks in Wilmington, California. Tanker loads oil at Union Oil Company in Wilmington, California. U.S. Navy sailors coupling feed line to tanker. Sailors work on tanker. U.S. Navy tanker loading oil at Shell Co. docks at Wilmington. Barrels of oil being loaded on tanker with Matson Liner in the background. Sailors around oil barrel on dock. Oil barrels being hoisted aboard ship. View from deck of tanker shows Shell Tank farm in the background and sailor checking tank in foreground.
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