German Wasserfall missile, (Wasserfall Ferngelenkte Flakrakete), a remote controlled anti-aircraft missile being test fired at the Peenemunde, Germany rocket development center during World War 2. Wasserfall missile being launched from near a hangar. Missile lifts off emitting smoke. Missile in flight as it emits fiery flare and smoke.
The United States 2nd Marine Division in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Smoke rises from the side of a hill. Smoke rises from an enemy position. Tanks roll in the foreground. A marine advances through debris. He picks up a rifle lying in the debris. Smoke and explosions occur at the enemy position.
The United States 2nd Marine Division removes wounded from a battlefield in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Reconnaissance patrol move into a suicide valley through a dense jungle to count the number of dead marines. The marines talk as they give information to an officer. The marines rest in a dense jungle as they drink from canteen cups. Two marines carry a casualty on a stretcher as a tank moves alongside for cover. The tank backs out of position. The marines remove the casualty as a tank moves alongside and a machine gun is fired.
Test launch of A4 missile in Peenemunde, Germany during World War 2. An A-4 missile ignition and lift off. A railroad track in the foreground. The missile in flight as it emits a fiery flare. The missile descends leaving behind a vapor trail.
The roles and achievements of African American soldiers during World War 2. United States Army recruits undergo training and running across a field during a maneuver and practice bayonet drills. Recruits attend a Sunday Church service and pray together. An officer reads out a GI report and speaks about the increasing number of African American officers in the army. African American soldiers being commissioned into the army at West Point. An African American woman reads out her son's letter. A black priest addresses people at a church.
United States bombers bombard Japan during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers dropping bombs over Tokyo, Japan. View of Mount Fuji in Honshu Island, Japan. Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 21st Bomber Command in flight. Aerial view of bomb dropping into a Japanese town. Industrial zone being hit by bombs. General Henry H. Arnold shakes hands with an officer in Washington D.C. A message written on a bomb. Message on the bomb reads “TO THE WARLORDS OF JAPAN WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN- THE B-29’S WILL REMIND YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!”. Buildings in Tokyo, Japan. A map of Saipan. B-29 aircraft land at an airstrip in Saipan. B-29 take off for a mission. Bombs being dropped over Japanese town.
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