Construction of airstrip at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island during World War II. A bivouac area. The troops in vehicles drive down a muddy road in the area. Palm trees on either side of the road. Tents in the background. The troops walk on a road. The damaged huts. The wreckage in the forest. A sign reads '51st Naval Construction Bn'. A hangar. The Seabees construct roads and air strips using graders, dump trucks, power shovels and bulldozers. The Seabees at work during the construction. The Seebees in a jeep talk to the men. They cut bushes. The gasoline drums piles up. A man on a crane. The men pile gasoline drums on fuel dump with the help of the crane. The construction of airstrip. The dump trucks back up. A crane picking up dirt. A bulldozer rolls down.
A U.S. Navy Task Force in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Saipan, Mariana Islands during the Battle of Saipan of World War 2. Heavy Cruiser, USS Indianapolis, CA-35,seen in camouflage paint. Smoke rising ashore, from naval guns firing. Shell splashes in water from Japanese shore battery. The U.S. cruiser and Japanese shore battery exchange fire. Much smoke rising on shore from naval gun strikes. A Tennessee class battleship in camouflage is illuminated by sunlight against dark background. Sunlight frames clouds.
A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Northern attack force departs from San Diego, United States for the Hawaiian area. A convoy of ships underway at sea. Aircraft in flight over the target area. High altitude view of the area. Smoke rises from bombardment by the aircraft. Several enemy airplanes are damaged. Enemy ships are also bombed. The ships explode.
A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Animation depicts landing of combat team 23 on beaches Red 2 and Red 3. Aircraft in fight overhead. Troops aboard landing boats and a DUKW, an amphibious truck, wade ashore. They advance on the beach. Soldiers fire rifles and other guns. Smoke rises from bombardment. A tank parked on the beach.
Amphibious operation by U.S. Army 16th Infantry Regiment troops on Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall islands during World War 2. U.S. soldiers hunkered down on steep rocky shore of Eniwetok during the assault. An M4A2 Sherman tank of the U.S. Marines 2d Separate Tank Company, with triangle 1 marking is parked nearby. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT)( hits the beach. An LCV (Landing Craft, Vehicle) approaches the beach and ramp being lowered. An M-7 Priest self-propelled gun exits the LCV. An M4 Sherman tank with diamond 3 marking moves inland. Uprooted palm trees in the foreground. Soldiers relax on the beach. U.S. officers hold a chart as they discuss and plan. Glimpse of an aircraft in flight overhead.
Amphibious operation by U.S. Marines on Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall islands during World War II. Prayer services aboard a ship for dead U.S. Marines before their burial. Sailors and officers on the deck of a ship as U.S. flag flies at half mast. Dead Marines wrapped in U.S. flag lying on the deck of the ship. An officer salutes. Two officers talk to each other and a U.S. flag in the background. Marines unload equipment from LCP(Landing Craft Personnel) at a beach. Wounded on stretchers unloaded and brought ashore. Dead bodies on stretchers being placed on ground. Two dead bodies on stretchers.
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