A U.S. Marine Corps Reconnaissance Team begins a field training exercise, after having landed from a submarine and changed into their camouflage fatigues. They patrol through small trees and underbrush. A Grumman S2F aircraft lands on a small airstrip, and the recon team emerges from the woods to board it for flight back to their base. A formation of marines with field gear, starts to move double-time along a dirt path. A formation of Sikorsky H-34 helicopters seen flying low over plumes of black smoke rising. Marines, in amphibious assault training operation, approach surf in Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVTs). They run from the LVTs as they hit the beach. Marine infantry and M48 Patton tanks during actual combat (or realistic training exercise), with large plumes of black smoke rising in various locations.
U.S. severs diplomatic ties with Germany on February 3, 1917. View of American President Thomas Woodrow Wilson at the White House in Washington DC. President Wilson seated at a desk reads documents. He signs a document and hands it to an official. President Wilson addresses the Congress and declares war on Germany on April 2, 1917.
U.S. forces battle against the enemy on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II.. Soldiers advance with tanks. Landing crafts head towards a beachhead. The 2nd and 4th Infantry Division advance in formation. A damaged Japanese air field with a wrecked hangar.
U.S. forces battle against the Japanese on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Animated map shows United States forces landing on Saipan. The map displays the position of a Japanese fleet and U.S. Task Force 58. View of Japanese ships being bombed and attacked by aircraft from U.S. Navy 5th fleet ships. A damaged U.S. fighter aircraft lands on an aircraft carrer ship deck at dusk with only its right landing wheel functional. It grinds to a halt without proper landing gear. Dramatic night views of battle as Japanese aircraft attack U.S. Navy warships. Sky filled with barrage of anti aircraft fire. Two Japanese aircraft are hit and are seen in flames as they crash in the sea. U.S. Marine 2nd and 4th division along with U.S. Army 27th Infantry Divisions advance on the island. Marines load and fire guns at the enemy on Saipan island. Firing on Tinian Island also begins. Transports of northern task force arrive for resupply. Animated map shows the territory acquired by U.S. forces.
U.S. forces battle against the enemy on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II.. Troops load and fire artillery at the Japanese. Soldiers load bomb onto an aircraft. United States aircraft bomb Japanese ground targets. U.S. 2nd and 4th Infantry Divisions advance. Tanks firing. Animated map shows territories occupied by U.S. forces on the island.
U.S. forces battle against the enemy on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II.. Animated map shows southern territory occupied by U.S. forces. Officers converse with each other. 2nd Infantry Division tanks advance. A United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft taxis on a runway.
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