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.
Surrender of the Italian Navy during WW2 as part of The Armistice of Cassibile. View from stern of a ship at Italian Naval ships assembled. General Eisenhower on deck of a ship. Bow of a destroyer underway at sea. Many Italian submarines at sea. Italian subs tie up at dock as crew members assemble on deck. Officers shake hands on deck of Italian submarine. Two ships tied at dock.
A German battleship sinks a British steamer in the South Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. German battleship commander and sailors use binoculars to view ocean. Sailors pulling down flags. Ship commander on a boat being lowered to the ocean. Kriegsmarine battleship firing at the British steamer. Sailors pulling rope. German Kriegsmarine on a boat. British ship listing as it sinks. German navy men return to ship with booty. Sailors load cargo from the British ship. German battleship captain observes the sinking of British ship with binoculars. More sailors return with captured cargo. German battleship fires at British ship until it sinks. Prisoners-of-war captured from the British steamer, consisting of Australian, Asian and African sailors.
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