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The USS Argonaut at a pier in Pearl Harbor after returning from the Makin Raid in World War II
The USS Argonaut (SS-166) docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after returning from the famous Makin Raid, by "Carlson's Raiders" of the 2nd U.S. Marine Raider Battalion, in World War 2. View from the pier of Major James Roosevelt, USMCR, Executive Officer, of the 2nd Raider Battalion (the President's son). He stands on the boat's bridge next to Lieutenant Commander John R. Pierce, USN, Commanding Officer of the Argonaut. Several sailors and another Navy officer are also present. The next scene shows U.S. Marine members, of the 2nd Raider Battalion, leaving the Argonaut and proceeding along the pier. Some of the Raiders shake hands and converse. They gather their gear from the boat deck. Sequence ends with many more Raiders leaving the boat.
U.S. Navy defeats the Japanese Fleet in the Philippines during World War II.
United States Naval victory in Philippines in World War 2. The U.S. carriers including USS Lexington, USS Wasp and USS Hornet underway. The U.S. Navy planes on the carriers. Crew loads bombs onto the planes. A U.S. pilot wearing a helmet in the cockpit. Plane taxis and takes off. F6F Hellcats, TBF Avengers and SB2C Helldivers in flight. A map shows U.S. position at Leyte. Views of Japanese enemy aircraft attacking U.S. ships as U.S. ships fire guns at Japanese aircraft. A Japanese airplane is hit and spirals out of control into the sea. USS Princeton is bombed. Soldier watches through binoculars. The ship USS Princeton damaged and smoking. Damaged U.S. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft make spectacular landings on a carrier. The map shows advance of the U.S. Naval fleet. An animated cartoon caricature of Hideki Tojo being punched by a U.S. Navy sailor.
French Bastille Day parade in Paris 1939, and German troops occupying Paris in 1940, during World War II
A group of German army troops seem marching casually at Champ de Mars, Paris, during 1940, in World War 2. Sounds of a fife and drum corps are heard in background. The Eiffel tower looms in the background. Some soldiers are on bicycles. View shifts to a nearly empty Champs Elysees, with Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in the distance. German military vehicles move along the edge of the road. Camera moves closer to the Arc de Triomphe. Suddenly the scene shifts back a year, to the 1939 Bastille Day parade, in Paris. It shows British Grenadiers in uniform with bearskin hats, parading on the Champs Elysees, along with French Colonial Senegalese Riflemen wearing the Fez. Also seen are French Sailors, and infantry. Then, from a high point overlooking the parade, vehicles are seen pulling artillery. Back at street level, French 2-man Renault UE Chenillette tankettes are seen in formation. They are followed by a formation of Panhard AMD armored cars. Scene reverts to the present (1940) with German occupation troops marching past the Arc de Triomphe. As the German troops pass, German Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Fedor von Bock, Commander of Army Group B, is seen briefly saluting, as he reviews the troops from the sidelines. Another General stands with him. Spectators and column of German troops seen from Eiffel Tower. A German officer on horseback, leading his troops. Marshal von Bock, saluting. Various closeups of parading troops. View from an aircraft flying over the city of Paris, with Arc de Triomphe near center of the view. German troops towing artillery and caissons by teams of horses. Glimpse of the Arc de Triomphe, and Eiffel Tower. Horse-drawn wagons, carrying German troops and towing field artillery at the Place de la Concorde. The French Naval Department building (Hôtel de la Marine, 2 Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France) seen behind them. Parisians watching solemnly from sidewalks. German sentries posted at the Hôtel des Invalides. (Les Invalides, 129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France). French policemen giving directions to a German soldier, holding a map. German troops moving along the side of a commercial district street. Two French women smiling as the camera focuses on them. German soldiers marching cheerfully, along a French country road with a chorus heard singing in the background.
Aerial views of the U.S. Army complex at Cu Chi, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War
Views from an aircraft circling counterclockwise over the large area occupied by elements of the U.S. 25th Infantry Division at Cu Chi, Vietnam. Among the sites seen at the camp are: the C-123 airstrip; CH-47 areas; 1/8 ARTY (1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment); 2/77 ARTY; 1/6 ARTY; 3/13 ARTY; 2/27 Infantry; 65th and 554th Engineer Battalions; 125th and 36th Signal Battalions; 12th Medical Evacuation and 25th Medical Battalions; 3/4 Cavalry, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry (Golden Dragons) and others.
1st Marine Division supported by 1st Tank Battalion, in battle for Peleliu Island in World War II
U.S. 1st Division marines in the battle of Peleiu Island, during World War 2. Flames and smoke rise from a burning U.S. amphibious vehicle (DukW) at the shore. An M4A2 tank of the Marine 1st Tank Battalion moves across sand. Marines hunkered down and moving cautiously in sandy terrain littered with debris from shattered trees. Closeup of another Marine M4A2 tank. It moves through their position and crushes trees and undergrowth as it goes.
U.S. 1st Marine Division in the battle for Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War II.
Battle for Peleliu Island during World War 2. U.S. marines of the 1st Division, hunkered down among rocks, watch as aircraft from U.S. Navy carriers offshore, dive to attack Japanese positions near the beachhead on Peleliu Island, during World War 2. One aircraft flies close overhead. It appears to be a TBF Avenger. Smoke rises from shelling on the airfield proper, where M4A2 tanks of the !st Marine Tank Battalion are maneuvering in the far background. Closeup of dead Japanese soldier on the ground. A knocked-out Japanese tank. A dead marinee in a foxhole, shell cases nearby. More views of knocked-out Japanese tanks. Glimpse of U.S. marines moving forward carrying battle gear.
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