Carpenters of the 302nd Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) at work constructing shipping containers in the Philippines, during World War 2. One uses a power circular saw. View of a fan placed in a new wooden container. A native being instructed by a Seabee. Stacks of finished containers.
Natives in Leyte, Philippines, during World War 2. Native women stand in a river to wash clothes. One wears a broad brimmed hat. They wash their clothes. Several strike the clothes with paddles, to clean them. A buffalo under a tree. Native children wearing American overseas caps, skivvy shirts and holding pineapples.
United States Army personel during the invasion of Okinawa, Japan by United States in World War 2. Two Army Signal Corps soldiers work on an mobile antenna on a field mobile communications truck aboard a LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Deck of the LST loaded with deck cargo. African American Army personnel aboard ship being given cigarettes. U.S.C.G. sailor, named McGuire, in dungarees seated on back of an LCVP(Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Wake made by LCVP with gun shields in the foreground. Soldiers being issued cartons of cigarettes. Bow-on view of LST-674. Starboard view of LST-759. Minesweeper, YMS-478, underway as sailors on the forecastle toss over a line. A movie being transferred to LST from YMS. Men on the forecastle of the minesweeper receive the movie film reels in cases, via over water line transfer.
The officers and men of the U.S. Navy submarine USS Catfish (SS-339) receive Submarine Warfare Insignia pins during final days of World War 2. An officer pins the "Dolphins" on the officers while the crew stand in formation on the deck of the submarine. The officer then presents badges to each of the men and shakes hands with them. After the ceremony concludes, a Chief Petty Officer displays his Submarine Warfare Badge.
United States airmen in Corsica, France during World War 2. American pilot gets up and puts on his socks as he sits on a bunk bed. Pilot brushes his teeth and gargles. Another pilot gets ready as he brushes his teeth. A tent in the background. A pilot puts on his pants. Another pilot brushes his teeth. An airman combs his hair.
Aftermath of Allied bombings in Italy during World War II. Aerial views of the bombed railroad track. Railroad train on a damaged track. A bridge damaged due to Allied bombings of World War 2. A damaged marshaling yard. Aerial views of mountains rising up and mountain tops in the Italian Alps.
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