U.S. ships at the Makin Island. Armor-piercing and landing crafts fire in the foreground. U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomb island. U.S. Navy SOC Seagulls in flight over island. USS BB and USS CA fire 5 inch guns. Landing Crafts and Island in background. Smoke column rises over island and planes pass over island. (World War II period).
Rocky coast of Okinawa seen from a vessel close in during U.S. attacks on Okinawa, in World War 2. A shell or bomb bursts slightly inland. What appears to be a Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel, LCVP (Higgins boat) sitting still in water. U.S. dive bombers attacking inland. Attack Transport,USS Elmore (APA-42) close to shore. A U.S.submarine moves near the Elmore's starboard side. Heavy Cruiser, USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) headed away from the shore. Black smoke and white smoke billowing from Japanese targets burning inland after strikes by U.S. Dive bombers. Continued pounding by dive bombers.
The Pacific fleet lies in Manila Bay, Philippines. U.S. Navy Battleships and warships in maneuvers in the Philippines, between World War 1 and World War 2. Smoke arises from ship smokestacks. View of boats and harbor area looking up Pasig River towards the business section of Manila from the walls of Fort Santiago. Governor On February 14, 1929, General Stimson and General MacArthur review a military parade in Manila on the Luneta (Rizal Park Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila) in which troops of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and United States Marine Corps and cadets of local schools and colleges participate. Soldiers and sailors parade with guns and flags. The Rizal Monument seen in the background. Soldiers ride horses on the parade grounds. The 23rd Wagon Company (Philippine scout) load mules into railroad boxcars. Wagons are loaded on the train flat cars. Army officers talk amongst themselves at the Paco station. A child stands near the officers. A railroad train loaded with troops and military equipment passes by on the railway track.
American soldiers raise a large U.S. flag to cover a German Swastika emblem on top of the Tribune at Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg (Nurnberg),Germany. U.S. 3rd Infantry Division soldiers gather around the stadium in large numbers and exhibit a parade. Commander of the U.S. 7th Army Lieutenant General Alexander M Patch, Major General John W O'Daniel and other officers review the troops from the speaker's platform. (World War II period).
Bulldozer of U.S. 237th Battalion Engineers, First U.S. Army, VII Corps, clears the road of fallen trees and abandoned vehicles in Osterode, Germany. German prisoners assist U.S. soldiers in rolling tree logs to the side of the road. Bulldozer clears road for passage of vehicles. (World War II period).
Shows American attack on Iwo Jima. American troops fire at Japanese soldiers hidden under trenches, caves and pillboxes. U.S. troops burnout enemy hideouts using flamethrowers. Burnt bodies of Japanese soldiers in trenches. Troops pray. Destroyed vessels and crafts. Helmets of the dead soldiers are stacked. U.S. aircraft takes off from an airstrip on Iwo Jima. Aircraft in formation at a high altitude. (World War II period).
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