Air base of the U.S. Air Force at Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, South Pacific during World War II. Fighter airplanes taking off from the runway. P-40 of the U.S. Air Force with jaws painted on its nose takes off. Following it, the P-38 and P-39 airplanes also take off from a runway among palms of the island.
Pacific campaign of World War 2 fought on Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War II. Aslito Air Field area showing temporary huts erected by the 804th Aviation Engineers. Men washing clothes in small metal containers. Jeep made into stretcher bearer showing two patients on stretchers on jeep. Medical officers setting up tables and preparing for operation. Men being brought into the hospital. Several of the patients, military and civilian, foreign and Japanese all treated at the same hospital. Wounded Japanese sitting around the outside of the hospital. Small wounded child wrapped in bandages. Several civilians that had been treated at the hospital. Japanese prisoners as they unload the gasoline from trucks, push it across the area, and stack it up in supply dump area. Men pushing the drums of gas onto a truck. Gasoline pouring out of the drum into a trough. Japanese prisoners of war sitting around in the area resting. Grader moving across the finished field. Deck of carrier underway at sea off the coast of Saipan showing the blinker system used to correspond between ships at sea. Tower and operators of the blinker system.
U.S. Coast Guard Captain aboard ship looks through binoculars. He converses with Several officers on his staff. Replenishing fleet. Cargo ship moves slow. Harbor entrance. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) and cargo ships. LCT (Landing Craft, Tank) at anchor. Transport, LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) alongside. LCVP underway, cargo ships at anchor in the background. Personnel transport at anchor, landing craft underway. Part of gun crew cleans and work on 1.1 guns. Puffs of smokes rise from island. Camouflaged LCT underway at sea. Camouflaged LST underway. DE (Destroyer Escorts) bombs island. Two LST underway toward DE. USCG officer on bridge of ship. Nevada Class battleship sends blinker message. 20 mm and 1.1 gun crews man guns aboard transport.
United States Marines during Allied operations in Guam, Mariana Islands, World War 2. Japanese aircraft in flight as they begin to dive. Palm trees on the island. Bomb damaged jungle area with uprooted trees on the ground. Smoke rises from the jungle. U.S. Marines advance as smoke rises in the background. Uprooted trees on ground. Vapor trails in the sky. U.S. Marines advance. Allied tanks advance across the jungle. Smoke rises as the jungle is on fire.
United States Marines in Peleliu Island, Palau during World War II. Small crafts underway towards Peleliu Island. Coastline in the background. United States Marines on a LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) underway towards the coast. The LVT hits the beach. Soldiers disembark at the beach. United States Marines with small guns crouched on the beach. Marines milling about on the beach as smoke rises in the background.
United States Marines on Peleliu Island, Palau during World War II. A sign on the beach reads 'Shore Party C-P Orange'. Marines load crates onto LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) on the beach. Marines carry a wounded on a stretcher and place him onto a LVT. Marines carry a string wire. LVTs underway at sea with the Angura coast in the background. Smoke rises from the coast. An aircraft in flight. LVTs underway as columns of smoke rise from Angura island in the background.
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