Amputation of U.S. soldiers wounded during World War II, United States. Affected leg of a patient. Rash on leg of a patient. X-Ray of a limb. Surgeons conduct amputation of a limb and use scissors and scalpels. Amputated limb being dusted. Nurse covers limb of patient during heeling. She attaches a cord on limb and connects it with an instrument on bed post.
Interior of U.S. Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator bomber in Marianas Islands during World War Two. Pilot at controls in PB4Y-1. His hand on the throttles. Instrument panel visible. Navigator shooting sunlines with sextant in top canopy. Radio operator tuning radios. Copilot in his seat in cockpit. Navigator charting aircraft position and course using weems plotter. View of other PB4Y-1 in flight.
Deployment of U.S. Marine Corps on islands of Pacific and Japanese tricks of attack used against them during World War II. Marine advance on island in night. Marines hear animal sounds in jungle. Marine lights a cigarette and being attacked by Japanese soldier. Machine guns of Marines fire tracer rounds at night. Blast in the jungle.
U.S. Navy PB4Y Liberator patrol bomber aircraft in flight over the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. VD-5 Photo-Squadron crewman operates an aerial camera through hatch of PB4Y. Man addresses an envelope.
U.S. bomber crew members on leave in England while awaiting final orders to return home to the USA, during World War 2. A sign reads 'Officers Entrance Red Cross Aeroclub'. U.S. airmen and officers have drinks and snacks in a garden, compliments of the Red Cross, at the aeroclub of 127th Replacement Battalion site, Washington Hall, Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire. The airmen line up in formation for a retreat ceremony and salute as the American flag is lowered and folded by Military Police. An announcement over Loudspeakers prompts the fliers to rush toward Squadron "O" Bulletin Board to find their names on the list of those scheduled to return home to the USA. One flier wears a leather jacket with image of B-17 named "American Beauty" and 36 bombs (for missions) painted on it. Another wears jacket with image of a B-24 and 31 bombs, and one has room only for the name,"Piccadilly Willy," because the rest of the jacket contains bombs for 65 combat missions. Army Air Forces Methodist Chaplain, Clifford Peace, from North Carolina, conducts a brief service of blessings and good wishes for the fliers who will now be returning home.
A U.S. Navy blimp crashes among trees in the United States. A rescue team of civilian workers uses wooden levers to raise the gondola from the ground and removes the airship fabric from trees. Navy and Marine Officers and men around the gondola of the airship. The men carry wooden planks to the crash site. Men push and lift up the gondola. The officers watch. The fabric of the airship spread over the trees. Men try to remove the fabric from the trees.
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