A U.S. air attack on Kyushu Island, Japan during World War II. U.S. aircraft take off from USS Yorktown. A high altitude view of target areas and the attack on the targets. Japanese ships underway at sea. The aircraft drop bombs over the ships. Smoke rises as the ships explode. The aircraft in flight over the target area. They bomb the houses, buildings and other targets. Mountains in the foreground.
The United States Naval Hospital in Agana, Guam. Exterior of the hospital building. 'US Naval Hospital' sign at the entrance. An ambulance and other vehicles arrive at the hospital. Men take out a patient from the ambulance. Interior of an operating room. Doctors operate on the patient. Nurses and assistants help them during surgery. View of woman patient on operating table. A navy corpsman sterilizes bandages. Corpsmen carry the patient on a stretcher. Exterior of the U.S. Naval Hospital.
Activities of U.S. soldiers as they establish positions on Guam, Mariana Islands during World War 2. U.S. soldiers wade ashore from Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs). Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) and DUKWs, amphibious trucks roll ashore. A soldier on the beach puts on pack supplies. Troops and the DUKWs move onshore and establish a beachhead. Soldiers on a transport ship pass the camera on their way to disembark.
U.S. troops wading ashore on Guam, during Marianas campaign, in World War 2. Transport ships in far background. One soldier directing vehicular traffic in the surf, motions to a DUKW amphibious vehicle, carrying a load of troops, that drives past the camera. Troops carrying packs and weapons as they slog through shallow surf. Battle scarred shoreline of sand and palm trees. Vehicles moving through area as troops set up camp. More views of troops wading ashore, through deeper water (tide coming in). Line of amphibious vehicles (DUKWs) coming ashore. Contingent of U.S. troops wading in knee deep water. Some weapons covered in plastic for protection.
AUS troops bivouaced on Guam, during World War 2. American soldiers walk across a rough camp area. About a dozen soldiers relax under a makeshift tarpaulin lean to shelter. views of hills above U.S. troop positions. Several fallen Japanese soldiers lying in grass. A U.S. soldier patrols through underbrush for any hidden Japanese soldiers. Black smoke rises in distance and slowly spreads over the area.
Dramatized re-enactment of an attack by a German U-boat on a U.S. Merchantman underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. U.S. merchant seamen below decks as torpedo hits. Everything is shaken up and water enters their mess hall. The ship catches fire. Some seamen are thrown out of their bunks. All struggle to evacuate the lower decks. Fire breaks out. Radio operator telegraphs morse code for help. Seaman don life vests. The Captain orders a General Alarm for all hands on deck. Meanwhile, the Captain of the submerged German submarine orders another torpedo to be fired. it races through the water and explodes on impact. Fire is everywhere and the ship is listing. The U-boat surfaces and crew man their deck gun. From their lifeboat, the merchant seaman watch as a shell from the U-boat deck gun strikes the burning hulk of their ship. The U-boat steers, on the surface toward the lifeboat. The survivors exchange harsh words with the U-boat captain, as one of his officers photographs the scene. The U-boat then rams the lifeboat, cutting it in two. The survivors swim to a nearby raft.
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