Allied soldiers wading up onto a beach in the Pacific during WWII. A soldier crouched on the beach and looking out to sea. A tank emerges from a landing craft and drives onto the beach. Troops run through the jungle. A soldier carries a wounded comrade on his back while another soldier follows. Soldiers hunker down to start setting up their machine guns. A dead allied soldier in a ditch. Planes dive bomb a distant beach area. Spray of sand and water on horizon as bombs hit beach.
United States Army Air Force aircraft flying over an airfield as seen from the ground during World War II. Groups of aircraft flies away. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress with “A” marking lands at the airfield. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes a landing near parked fighters. Jeeps drive near the B-29 Superfortress after its landing. Air Force personnel surround the B-29 Superfortress. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress taxiing from the runway.
Side view of United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (“Rawls’ Gravy Train”, Tail Number: 47-0040) in flight during World War II. Close view of the nose with nose art. Nose art shows a cartoon train and words that read “Rawls’ Gravy Train”. Camera moves away from the nose to show aircraft in flight. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber flies over snow-capped mountains. The camera moves back to show engines and nose of the B-29 bomber. Side view of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (Tail Number: 46-9770) flying during World War II. Side view of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. The camera moves for a closer view of the middle portion of the aircraft. Closer view of the plane belly showing the bomb bays. The camera focuses on B-29 bomber modification showing large rounded area in middle of plane.
American comedian Bob Hope arrives at the Bonriki airfield, also known as Mullinex field, during World War 2. A PBY-5A Catalina lands and taxis. Bob Hope and his USO entertainment troupe exit the plane. They are greeted by officers and men. The troupe enters jeeps. PBY-5A Catalina warms up. Stage and Navy sailor and soldier spectators for the Bob Hope show. Bob Hope and troupe in plane.
Overseas activities of United States Coast Guard in World War II. U.S. Landing Craft Infantry,LCI(L) 617,part of LCI Flotilla 22 in World War 2. She is seen underway in rough waters of the Pacific ocean during 1945.Coast Guardsman ordered to Battle stations. A Coast Guardsman observes approaching enemy aircraft through binoculars. Coast guard gunner fires Antiaircraft guns using foot trigger. Enemy plane crashes in ocean. A Coast Guardsman signals using semaphore flags. Beachhead supply operations. Coast Guard Picket Boat, CG-42022, seen patrolling around U.S. transport ships in a Persian port, while they carry lend lease supplies to the Soviet Union.Coast Guard combat patrol in jungle using canines. The Cactus (A) Class 180 foot buoy tender, USCGC Tupelo placing a buoy at sea. Releasing a weather balloon. A Coast Guard wooden 83 foot cutter ("83 footer"). Loading a Coast Guard B-24 aircraft on Guam. The plane takes off. Invasion task force of U.S. warships underway. Coast Guard crews at various duty stations aboard their ships during the war.. The former luxury liner, SS Manhattan,underway, her decks crowded with troops, following her conversion into the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Wakefield (AP-21). U.S. Navy attack transport,USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25) at sea in the Pacific. Coast Guard operating transport ships unloading cargo for Allied invasion forces and running inter-island shipping service in the Pacific, during World War II.Landing Ship Tank (LST-788) arriving at the beach next to Landing Ship Medium, LSM-242, on Iwo Jima. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) being driven off LST-760. USS LCI(L)-87, Flagship of LCI Flotilla 10. Her Captain, M. E. Imlay, USCG, is seen on her bridge, before departing from England for the Normandy invasion. U.S. Landing Craft Infantry, LCI(L)-668 at beach and troops wading ashore.
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