U.S. Navy PT Boat Base 21 at Mios Woendi Island in Dutch New Guinea during World War 2. Crew members sleeping in bunks aboard a Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat. A watch comes in and wakes them up. The sailors get up. The watch offers cigarettes to the sailors. He lights up the cigarette for them. A cook prepares breakfast and crew members eat around a table. An officer comes in and calls the crew. The sailors get up and leave the room.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A Japanese howitzer canon fires at a beach resulting in explosions. Landing Ship Tanks at the beach. U.S. Marines raise American flag on Mount Suribachi. (This is the event on which the Marine Corps Memorial, or Iwo Jima Memorial sculpture is based). A group of combat Marines pose and cheer after the flag raising.
German commando troops attack Russian positions in the Kuban Lakes area near Russian Black Sea Port of Novorossiysk, Northwest Caucasus, during World War II. Map depicts the area of operations. German commando units in motor launches raid Russian positions. View of a bay from mountain. The commandos load in motor boats and move through marshes and lakes . The troops wade through water and move on land to attack Russian targets. They fire machine guns. Commandos returning to their base, where several are seen at a pier with their boat, as other boats arrive.
Ruins in Berlin, Germany, following Battle of Berlin, near end of World War II in Europe. The Allied victory is celebrated with simple fireworks at night, as seen in the distance, with the damaged Brandenburg Gate in the foreground. Allied soldiers look at a burning building, with street intersection signs in front denoting Am Botanischen Garten and Unter den Eichen. Sweeping, elevated view of the heavily damaged city. Various wrecked statues and monuments. Closeup views of the somewhat damaged National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in front of the Stadtschloss. Closeup of what appears to be a Soviet woman soldier and Soviet male soldier relaxing against smaller sculptures at the base of the Kaiser Wilhelm equestrian statue within the monument. Camera pans wide views of destroyed major buildings in Berlin including the Reichstag and the significantly damaged Hitler Youth Headquarters building (Soho House) with sign "Hitler Jugend") over entry way, and round symbol containing a swastika inside a diamond shape. Civilians walk past various bombed buildings and landmarks of Berlin. A man pushes a trolley.
World War Two. U.S. B-17 bombers of the 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) 'Hell's Angels' depart from Dow Field in Bangor, Maine to begin a transatlantic flight to their base at RAF Station Molesworth, in England. Airmen work on a parkedB-17 Flying Fortress. Names and artwork on the B-17s. One called 'Texas Wreck'. One with 'Cozza's Pent House' written near the cockpit. Other Flying Fortresses called 'Leapin Liz;' 'Jo;' 'Gretchen;' 'Frances;' and 'Daisy June' written on the propellers. Several pilots and crew men stand near a B-17. The copilot (Paul Bouton, Jr) in the 'Leapin Liz' cockpit, Three B-l7s taking off. The Flying fortresses including 'Garbage' in flight. ( Note: Brian O’Neill’s “303rd Bombardment Group” tells fate of some of the name ships in these scenes: 41-24526 is“Leaping Liz” , pilot: J.B. Clark, fate: MIA 3 Jan 43 41-24582 is “One O’Clock Jump”, pilot: W.N. Frost, fate: MIA 12 Dec 42 41-24580 is “Hell Cat”, pilot: O.T. O’Connor, fate: MIA 23 Jan 43 41-24526 is “Leaping’ Liz”, pilot: J.B. Clark, fate: MIA 3 Jan 43 41-24563 is “Garbage” , pilot: A.I. Adams, fate: forced landing and collisions 11 Nov 43)
A harbor in Alexandria, Egypt is used as a base for operations by Maritime Section during World War II. Greek ship Caique is used by U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Taylor for smuggling arms and food into small Greek islands. Caique ship underway with soldiers and Chief of Maritime Operations Lieutenant Colonel Taylor on board.
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