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Bob Hope and his USO Troupe visit a U.S. Navy base on Mios Woendi island, Schouten Islands, Papua New Guinea, during World War II.

Bob Hope and members of his USO troupe ride on a PT boat during visit to entertain U.S. Navy personnel during World War 2. In opening scene, Bob Hope doffs his pith helmet as he strolls past the camera to climb aboard a PT boat (PT-331) of U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 21, where several naval officers greet him. Members of Hope's USO troupe, Patty Thomas, and Francis Langford, step from jeeps to board the PT boat. Next, the two are seen in the cockpit of the boat next to its captain, Lieutenant Kermit W. Montz, USNR, as the boat speeds along in the water. Among sailors occasionally glimpsed behind them is Radioman 1st Class bill Thielen. In change of scene, Bob Hope climbs out a hatch, holding onto his pith helmet to keep it from blowing off. The boat's number, 331 is clearly displayed on superstructure behind him. Various Navy sailors on deck. (Note: Squadron 21 received a Presidential Unit Citation for outstanding performance during the Huon Peninsula Campaign against Japanese forces from October 1943 to March 1944.)

Location: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1944, August 11
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057656
U.S. Air Force runway strips and airfields at islands of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II.

U.S. Air Force runway strips and airfields at islands of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. A new runway strip at Carney airfield being constructed for U.S. Air Force fighter aircrafts nearby the sea shore of the island. Landing strip between dense forests with coastal trees. equipment and trees cut down for the runway. Another landing strip with few planes parked and houses near side the strip.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1944, April 6
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036194
Smoke arises from explosions on island and beach, Tarawa Island, the Pacific Ocean.

Ships on patrol at sunset. LST underway at sea. Island in the background. Planes strafe island. Boat moves away from island. Plane bombs beach. Smoke arises from explosion on beach. (World War II period).

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052301
Marines, of 1st Division, fix markers at U.S. Armed Forces Cemetery No. 1, Peleliu Island, Palau Islands in World War II

U.S. Armed Forces Cemetery No. 1, near Orange Beach, Peleliu Island, Palau Islands, in World War 2 . Rows of graves marked by wooden crosses in white beach sand. Two 1st Division Marines secure the crosses. 'Connalay C.H. USA' written on one of the crosses. A Marine kneels by grave with rifle in hand. 'Unidentified' marked on another grave marker.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, October 15
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022888
Aerial views of ships at Leyte Gulf, Peleliu Island and airstrip on Biak Island (WW2)

Aerial views of ships at Leyte Gulf, Philippines during World War II. Interiors of C-47 Skytrain shows radio operation, Pilot, Copilot, and Navigator work inside aircraft. Pilot looks through binoculars from the cockpit. Aerial views of Peleliu Island, Palau and airstrip on Biak Island.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, November 12
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022923
Aerial view of army vehicles and men advancing across Engesebus Island in Peleliu, Palau Islands.

The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Aerial view: The tanks and men advance across Engesebus Island. Landing boats go across a lagoon. Shell holes due to bombardment. M-4 tanks and amphibious tractors. Men get out of the amphibious tractors and run inland. Fire as a tank moves in the background.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, October 18
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067123
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