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USS Nautilus (SS-168) arriving at Pearl Harbor with Lt. Col. Carlson and his Marine Raiders in World War II
View from a high point above, as the submarine, USS Nautilus, glides toward a wharf at Pearl Harbor,as it returns from the Makin Raid of World War 2. The wharf is crowded with a military honor guard, reception committee and host of well-wishers. Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, USMC, Commander, Second Raider Battalion, and members of his unit are standing on deck. Scene shifts to post-docking, and Admiral Chester Nimitz is seen standing with Carlson's raiders on the deck, as other senior officers walk past Colonel Carlson, offering their congratulations on the success of the Makin Raid. Then as Admiral Nimitz speaks with Carlson, on of the senior officers shows him some Japanese war trophies the Raiders brought back with them. Nimitz holds a Samurai sword by the handle and discusses it with a young Raider officer standing next to him.
U.S. Navy K-5 Blimp practicing antisubmarine maneuvers with U.S. sobmarine in World War II
Aerial view of a U.S. Navy K-5 anti-submarine blimp in flight over a partially submerged submarine moving in the waters of Long Island Sound, during World War 2. Views from the air, of the submarine underway and then submerging to periscope depth
U.S. Marine Raiders standing near a deck gun and doing physical fitness drills aboard USS Nautilus underway in the Pacific Ocean en route to Makin Island.
USS Nautilus (SS-168) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Marine Raiders of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion “Carlson’s Raiders” aboard the submarine. They stand near a deck gun. The marines do calisthenics physical fitness drills aboard the submarine. Marines stretching and raising their arms during exercise. The sub is en route to Makin island for the famous Makin Raid of August 17th and 18th, 1942.
U.S. troops make amphibious assault on Makin Island, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific during World War II
U.S. Army troops from elements of the 27th Infantry Division, clamber down a rope net over the side of the Attack Cargo Ship, USS Alcyone (AKA-7) and board her landing craft for an amphibious assault on Makin Island, during World War 2 in the Pacific. Views of Higgins Boats (landing craft) underway, some from the USS Leonard Wood (APA-12). Explosions on the shore from Naval bombardment. View from inside a packed landing craft approaching the shore. Gunfire from U.S. Naval warships offshore. Various views of the landing craft underway. An aircraft flying close over the water in the background. A wounded person being hoisted aboard one of the transport ships. Heavy black smoke rising from Naval gunfire striking the shore. A line of landing craft. View from front of a landing craft about to hit the beach. U.S. troops wading ashore.
U.S. Army troops advance through jungle on Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, in World War II
Battle of Makin Island, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. U.S. Army troops, of the 27th Infantry Division, pick their way through fallen trees and other jungle obstacles as they advance into Makin Island . Some take shelter behind a Japanese-built barricade. One soldier reports on a walkie talkie radio.
U.S. Army troops make amphibious assault on Makin Island in World War II
A flotilla of U.S. landing craft, filled with U.S. Army troops from the 27th Infantry Division approach the beach at Japanese-held Makin Island during World War 2. Some of the landing craft (Higgins boats) are from the Attack Transport ship, USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) and others are from the USS Calvert (APA-32). A Benson-Livermore class (AKA Benson-Gleaves class) Destroyer is visible offshore. As the landing craft beach, the troops wade ashore, with difficulty, through hip-deep water, in places. Back on one of the transport ships, sailors lower a bulldozer for transport to the beach. They also lower rolls of matting over the side. These cargoes are seen at the beachhead, as well as a Sherman tank moving through the surf onto the rocky shore.
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