The USS Randolph (CV-15) hit by a Japanese Yokosuka P1Y " Frances", twin-engine kamikaze bomber, on her starboard side,aft, just below the flight deck, as she was anchored at Ulithi, during World War 2. Flames appear in the dark aboard the carrier as firefighters work in the area under searchlights. Later scene shows crew members silhouetted against orange flames as they fight the fire. It appears to come under control, but several small explosions propel burning objects aloft, and flames continue to break out. (Note: 25 crew were killed and 106 wounded during this incident.)
Texas officials at launching of USS Houston (CA-30) (originally designated CL-30) at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. Elizabeth Holcombe, daughter of Houston's former Mayor, Oscar Holcombe, with bouquet of flowers. She is seen again on a platform, holding the flowers and a bottle of champagne, standing next to Governor Byrd of Virginia, who actually swings the bottle to christen the ship. A formation of U.S. Navy Vought O2U-1 corsair floatplanes is seen flying over U.S. flag in foreground. Large crowd gathered for the ceremony. USS Houston slides down the ways. USS Houston underway in the water.
Aerial view, from a Piper Cub airplane, of small outposts cut out of the jungle in Burma, during World War 2. A Sikorsky YR-4B helicopter is seen in flight, below. Scene shifts to a wounded soldier being taken from a helicopter, placed on a stretcher. A doctor or medical corpsman with stethescope around his neck, speaks briefly to the patient. Next, he is carried into a field medical building. A C-47 aircraft is parked in the background.Some Army personnel, including a woman nurse, converse while standing near the helicopter. Several men push the helicopter backwards towards a cleared area. A C-47 is seen taking off. Final sequence shows cumulus clouds as seen from a fixed wing aircraft in flight.
A U.S. B-25H of the 1st Air Commando Group, 10th Air Force, in Burma-India theater, during World War 2. It taxis and takes off. Separate view of pilot Robert R. Martin in cockpit of aircraft with name "Old Flaherty" under the canopy and insignia of the 10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment. View of Curtiss C-46A-40-U Commando aircraft parked in rough field. B-25 flies low over the field, buzzing it several times. Indigenous people on the ground pull prop through and the C-46 starts engines, taxis, and takes off. It makes a low pass over the field as those on ground wave.
Views from inside Army Sikorsky YR-4B helicopter of the 10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment, being piloted by Lieutenant Carter Harmon in Burma, during World War 2. The jungle is seen as a blur in some views. The back of Lt. Harmon's head can be seen.
Ground crewmen perform maintenance on the engines and other portions of a B-25 from the 10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment in Burma during World War 2.
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