The role of U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group during Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. Technicians work on the engine of a U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader aircraft at an airfield in North Africa. Men push a bomb on a trolley near an aircraft. Men load the bomb under a wing. They write on the bomb. Bombs on a trolley as a man unloads a bomb and places it on the ground. Another man works on a jerrican. He empties the contents of the jerrican.
A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft lands on U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, United States during a long range navigational test. The earth in red horizon as the sun comes up. Commander Donald H. Lilienthal at the controls relaxes with a cigarette. The copilot in position.A heavy cloud layer. An opening in the clouds and ground seen. A crew man hands the pilot a cup of coffee. A runway underneath the aircraft as it touches the ground. A building at U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River. A firehouse and a control tower. The aircraft taxis to a parking area. People walk over to the parking area to welcome the crew.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. An M-4 tank advances inland. The wreckage of an aircraft in the foreground. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) advances. A bulldozer clears away rubble. U.S. Marines carry a wounded marine on a stretcher. The wounded marine on the ground. A marine stands up holding blood plasma as another marine inserts a needle in the arm of the wounded. Other marines sit nearby. Smoke rises. Two marines walk around on a beachhead. The marines carry belts of machine gun shells around necks. Dead Japanese soldiers. 5th Marine air strip. The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) moves past. A transport aircraft on fire on the air strip. Smoke rises.
The United States Military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II A United States Army Air Force sergeant works at his desk. An airman puts a notice on a bulletin board. A steam shovel scoops up earth. A line of United States Army Air Force P-51D Mustangs aircraft on a field. Crew members around the aircraft. P-51D Mustangs in flight in formation. An aircrew member who bailed out of an airplane descends in a parachute, as soldiers at a tent camp watch him. A tower operator. A man plots courses on a large scale map board in a command center.
A film about missile launches in the United States. A missile taken on a trailer. The crew at Cape Canaveral checks out the firing of a United States Air Force tactical missile Mace (CGM13B) at a practice launch. Crew members bring equipment for checking. The equipment after being tested is carried away. A digital time recorder. The missile being launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Animated map shows U.S. forces extending control in the Pacific to the Mariana Islands islands in the Pacific during World War 2. It shows chain of airfields linking island of Truk to homeland, Japan. Map focuses on island of Truk, in Micronesia, showing concentration of Japanese aircraft, ships, and troops there. Paths of U.S. air and naval attacks on Truk are shown. Map shows Japanese fleet withdrawing and U.S. forces by-passing Truk to concentrate on the Mariana islands. U.S. naval task force is seen off the island of Saipan on June 11, 1944. Two U.S. battleships are followed by two escort aircraft carriers/ Barrels of battleship triple guns firing at Saipan. Landing Craft Tank: Rocket LCT(R) firing salvos of rockets. Glimpse from aircraft, overhead, of landing craft leaving white wakes during amphibious assault. Closeups of U.S. troops in landing craft. View from shore of American troops storming ashore through surf, from landing craft, under heavy enemy fire. Closeup of soldier hunkered down in sand. Soldier dropping down from side of beached landing vehicle tracked (LVT). A dead U.S. soldier floating in the water. Troops firing from their LVTs. Shells striking on sandy shore. Marines running with stretcher over their shoulders Fletcher class destroyer firing her guns to port. Brooklyn class light cruiser firing guns to port. View from ships flying Japanese flags, of Japanese warships headed to engage U.S. fleet. Japanese aircraft carriers and Aichi Kokuki KK dive bomber (Val) taking off from a carrier. Aerial closeup of Japanese Val aircraft in flight, with pilot clearly visible before he banks his plane to the left. Formations of Japanese Val aircraft in flight. Formation of American Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft engaging the Japanese. Gun camera film showing Japanese aircraft being shot down. A Japanese aircraft crashing into the sea. Sailors of U.S. ship firing batteries of Bofors 40mm anti aircraft guns. and 20mm anti aircraft guns. Black flak clouds in the sky. A Japanese plane crashing into the sea. Aerial view of formation of Japanese Val aircraft in flight. Closeup of a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 (Hien) aircraft maneuvering to attack. More views of Japanese Val aircraft in formation. American dive bombers dropping bombs on, Japanese held, Orote airfield. View from the air of bombs striking and smoke clouds. Fires burning on the airfield. An American navy F6F hellcat plane diving. Gun camera film showing Japanese aircraft being downed. A plane director on deck of U.S. aircraft carrier. Two Grumman TBF aircraft taking off from a carrier. View toward tail of one taking off. U.S. aircraft in formation overhead, and then peeling off in trail formation to attack a target. Japanese ships being strafed. U.S. infantry continuing heavy fighting on Saipan.
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