U.S. Marines of the 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions on the beachhead during amphibious assault on Saipan, during World War 2. The beach is jammed with Marines and equipment. Smoke rising in background from bombardment by U.S. Navy warships.
As a U.S. marine watches, Japanese prisoners carry bodies of dead marines on stretchers, covered with tarps, and place them in a row on the sand, following the battle of Saipan in World War 2. Scene shifts to Japanese prisoners with shovels standing in newly dug graves. Others lower one of the stretchers into a grave, as armed U.S. marines oversee the process.
Rescue team members on the deck of a U.S. submarine (both USS Sealion (SS-315) and USS Pampanito (SS-383) participated in the rescue) . Crew members carry Australian survivors found clinging to wrecked parts of the Rakuyo Maru, a Japanese prison ship, that had been carrying the prisoners, during World War II. The Rakuyo Maru had been torpedoed by U.S. submarines including these same rescue ships, days earlier. Exhausted survivors pulled on deck with the help of rescue line. They are covered with fuel oil. Men help the survivors aboard. Crew members with other survivors on the submarine.
U.S. Tanks and other military vehicles in the desert during the Persian Gulf War. Rockets launched from ground placements. Bombardment in the desert. Smoke arises from the firing and bombarding. Iraqi vehicle wreckage in the desert. Nighttime wide pan of skyline with multiple fires burning from hit targets. U.S. Army soldiers running with weapons in desert, and firing machine guns, bazookas, and hand-held rockets. Helicopters in flight over the desert. Soldiers on tank fire guns. Helicopter gun ships flying across the desert.
Aviation cadets of U.S. Army Air Service or Aviation Section of U.S. Signal Corps undergo aviation training in the United States before wartime deployment during World War 1. Cadets march in uniforms. They examine a biplane and work on it. They observe an airplane engine running and learn about it. They sit perched over a painted mock aerial landscape and take notes or a test noting features of the landscape.
U.S. Army Air Service or Aviation Section of U.S. Signal Corps Cadets undergo aviation training in United States during World War I. Two cadets in a dummy cockpit learn the operations. Other cadets watch. Cadets march out of the school cadet wing. Officer and quartermaster issue flying suits, equipment and gear to cadets. Airplanes on ground. Cadets walk towards the aircraft. Ground crew stands near a plane.
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