Tactical map showing disposition of forces at Peleliu, Palau Islands at the onset of the battle there commencing September 15, 1944, in World War 2. View of a Navy TCS radio Set mounted in an MZ USMC radio Jeep. Two U.S. marines seated in the Jeep. One is conversing on the radio. The other is wearing a headset.
Camera pans across North airfield on Guam, Mariana Islands, in World War 2. Next a large group of Airmen are seen standing around a shiny B-29 bomber parked on the ramp. It has "K333" stenciled on left side of its forward fuselage. Its tail number is 42-224802. (This B-29 is named "Purple Shaft," but that is not stenciled on its left side.) The airmen walk around and examine it. Next, The aircraft commander, Lieutenant Warren Richard Aylsworth is seen speaking with a Captain, as they stand next to the plane. Others join in the conversation. (Note: The plane is scheduled to fly to Tinian this night, the 20th, but will land at Saipan, instead, because runway lights were not yet operational on Tinian. The "Purple Shaft" will be the first B-29 to arrive at Tinian, the following day, December 21, 1944.)
A documentary titled 'Hell For Leather' shows combat activities of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division during wars. Dramatization shows a 1st Cavalry soldier seated on a step and his son touches the insignia of the U.S. 1st Cavalry division on the uniform. Reenacted footage of Cavalry unit battling Native American Indians at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Next scene shows training of U.S. Army cavalry troops for World War 2, as they run an obstacle course and practice bayonet drills. The troops undergo combat training. They practice amphibious landings and crawling near razor wire. Animated map shows the amphibious attacks on Los Negros Island in 1944. A ship underway and soldiers on the deck of the ship. Ship guns are fired in Battle of Los Negros. The U.S. Army troops load a Landing Craft and it gets underway. They approach the shore and get off from the landing craft at the beach. The troops hold guns and advance in jungle region, firing rifles and machine guns, engaging enemy Japanese marines protecting the airfield. The U.S. Army troops firing and advancing against the Japanese. The wounded soldiers on a stretcher. The soldiers fire artillery and mortars. View of dead Japanese troops. The U.S. troops advance. U.S. General MacArthur praises a soldier. 'Bataan' written on the barrel of a gun.
A U.S. Marine cemetery in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Crosses over graves. A marine armed with a carbine walks past a sign: '2nd Marine Division Cemetery'. Names of the marines who died on 15th June, 1944 engraved on the crosses.
The invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War 2. A Marine Major General is seen on the bridge of the Flagship USS Mount McKinley, off the coast of Peleliu during the amphibious assault by U.S. forces on September 15, 1944. He is observing the action through a set of binoculars.The island under bombardment. Task force ships firing their Naval guns include the heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA 28) seen at TC: 01:29, 01:46, & 02:13. Other officers on the deck also watch the action through binoculars. Smoke columns rise from the island under bombardment.
NATO assists Netherlands in flood relief operations. Netherlands troops work on dikes. View from inside a U.S. Air Force C-119 aircraft dropping relief supplies, including inflated rafts, over flood threatened areas of Netherlands. Netherlands troops dump material from a truck to reinforce dike. Troops and civilians work on dikes.
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