Scenes in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. U.S.sailors in a Higgins boat arriving at their home transport ship, the USS Cambria (APA-36). They carry cargo of some sort. One member stands holding a rifle. Scene shifts to a U.S. Destroyer being refueled by a fleet oiler, at sea. Fuel lines stretch between the ships. Both ships roll somewhat in moderate seas. Fuel lines being retracted by the oiler. New sequence shows personnel aboard a U.S. Navy ship dressed for "Crossing the Line" ceremony (for those crossing the Equator for the first time). "King Neptune" and his court on deck for the ceremony. "Shellbacks" (those who are not first-time crossers) initiate "pollywogs" (first-timers) with various pranks
U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A Japanese tank on fire. Japanese prisoners carry supply boxes. A Japanese prisoner lying on the ground. Dead bodies under cover laid out for burial. Marines advance. A 105mm Howitzer in an emplacement. Howitzers fired and shells burst. U.S. Navy aircraft in flight as they make a strafing run. A jeep moves down a road as Marines advance.
USS Intrepid (CV-11) aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A battleship and an aircraft carrier fire anti aircraft guns. Flak bursts in the air. Smoke column rises from the aircraft carrier after hit by a Japanese kamikaze. Wreckage of Japanese plane burns on the deck of USS Intrepid. Some is not visible as the planes engine and part of its fuselage penetrated the Intrepid's deck. U.S. Navy crew spray water on the fire with hoses. 8 U.S. Navy sailors were killed and 21 were wounded in the attack.
Outtakes from a film called 'Fighting Lady' about the United States campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Dead Japanese soldiers in an anti tank trench that also has some water. Soldiers, of the U.S. 27th Infantry Division, carry remains of a Japanese soldier on a stretcher and unload the body into the burial trench. A column of U.S. soldiers walks along a sand path, past destroyed Japanese built structures. Views of destroyed buildings.
Flight deck activities aboard a United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Gun gallery as damaged TBM Avenger aircraft is jettisoned over the side. U.S. Navy F6F aircraft lined up on the flight deck of the ship. Men push a F6F aircraft backwards on the deck. An aircraft carrier underway at sea as explosions occur at sea and water splashes. U.S. Navy F4U aircraft taxis along the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Aircraft in flight. F6F hellcat jettisoned over the side of the carrier and being dropped in the sea. Crew on deck look on and watch the plane fall into the ocean. F6Fs warm up and taxi along the deck with plane handlers in the foreground. F6Fs take off from the deck.
Troops and sailors lining the the decks and rails of a U.S. Navy transport ship in the Pacific at start of naval bombardment campaign agaist Iwo Jima in World War 2. A collection of nautical flags displayed on the ship. Antiaircraft gun position at top of ship. Formations of U.S. Army Air Force aircraft overhead headed toward Iwo Jima. Deck area covered in gunpowder storage containers (each holding 3 bags of powder for 8-inch guns). Sailors offloading the gunpowder storage tanks by means of a slide from the ship. A triple battery of 8-inch naval guns firing at Iwo Jima.
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