Allied troops aboard a ship on their way to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea during World War II. U.S. soldiers on the deck of an LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway in the Pacific Ocean. A soldier with a pet cockatoo. View of helmsman at the wheel. View from porthole of troops on the deck of the LST . Closeup of two playing chess. Glimpse of ship's Coast Guard officers on the bridge. Sailor in the Crow's nest. Glimpse of other ships in the convoy. Sailors man antiaircraft guns on deck. View of interesting cloud formations over the water as seen from ship's deck. Soldiers, antiaircraft guns, and another ship, silhouetted against sky at dawn or sunset. More shipboard views and views of the convoy. Landing craft head toward the shore of Manus Island. Several subchasers pass at high speed. Smoke rising from Manus Island. A Hahan-Dunlap class destroyer, at anchor. View from camera LST as it and others approach the shore of Manus Island. Closeups of LSTs at the shore, with numerous palm trees on the beach. Beach covered with men and equipment. Truck drives off an LST and heads ashore where camp is already well established with tents.
1st Marine Division troops bomb Prostitute Ridge at Peleliu Island, Palau. Corsair aircraft drops bombs. Fire and smoke rises from bombed Island. (World War II period).
Smoke rises from Peleliu Island, Palau during World War 2. View from hunkered down position in landing craft during assault on Japanese held Peleliu island. U.S. Marines move cautiously ashore through barbed wire and other obstacles. Landing craft is struck by enemy gunfire and is engulfed by flames and smoke. Marines lie low and advance under fire in the sand. U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber seen flying over the beachhead. Marine handles belt of machine gun bullets.
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.
Two wrecked Japanese tanks with smoke rising in the background at Peleliu Island, Palau. Mortar shell explosion and smoke on hill in the background. Phosphorous shell explodes. F4 Corsair fly overhead and drop bombs on the hilly terrain of Island. (World War II period).
United States Navy ships near Peleliu Island during World War 2. View from aboard USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) of other ships in the area, near Peleliu Island, Palau.
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