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.
U.S. Submarine, USS Pickerel (SS-177) docked in Pearl Harbor during World War 2. Crew members handling lines on deck. Navy ensign displayed on stern. Shipyard derrick in background. Sub's conning tower displays several miniature Japanese flags, representing victories. Boat's officers pose on deck. Other subs docked alongside in background. Sailors ride a motorized lift transporting a torpedo to the sub. Below decks, crewmen load torpedoes into firing tubes. The Pickerel starts moving out of her berth. Animated map shows pattern of U.S. submarine operations out of Pearl Harbor, fanning out toward Japan. Views of the submarine cruising on the surface. Binocular view of ships on horizon. Crew members clear the deck and go below. The submarine submerges. Crew working at duty stations. Captain at the periscope, orders firing of number 1 torpedo. It strikes a ship Which explodes and burns with billowing black smoke.
U.S. prisoners of war are freed in the Philippines during World War II. U.S. prisoners and Filipino civilians stand outside a building. They are liberated from a Japanese prison camp. Men talk amongst themselves. The liberated soldiers and the civilians cheer. The wounded and the sick men are carried from the camp on stretchers. Wheel carts outside the building. Men seated on the wheel carts. Hay stacks on other wheel carts. A medic talks to a soldier. A man eats a fruit.
U.S. prisoners of war are freed in the Philippines during World War II. Liberated men are being interviewed. U.S. Army chaplain Colonel Alfred C. Oliver Jr. is interviewed. He talks about the experience of being liberated from a Japanese prison camp after a long time. He speaks about the chapels destroyed by the Japanese. A thatched hut in the background.
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