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81st Infantry Division troops embark for Peleliu Island while others clear brush for landing strip during Battle of Angaur (WW2)

United States 321st Regiment, 81st Infantry Division board LSTs for Peleliu Island during the Battle of Angaur in World War II. A ship leaves the port while soldiers wait for another ship. Infantry troops clear the jungle while searching for Japanese snipers on Angaur Island. A soldier hacks away tree branches. 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” troops clear away leaves, branches, and vegetation. Bulldozers clearing bushes, debris, and soil. A road roller with spikes flattens ground. A soldier spins the propeller of a Piper L-4 Grasshopper scout plane to start it. The plane taxiing and taking off from the newly built airfield.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080166
81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” attack Suicide Hill during the Battle of Angaur (WW2)

81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” mortar and artillery crews bombard Japanese positions at Suicide Hill during the Battle of Angaur in World War II. Artillery officers communicate and give orders through telephone and walkie-talkie. An M2 4.2-inch mortar firing as a crewman load shells into it. Explosion from mortar fire hitting Japanese positions. Artillery crew firing howitzer. Crewmen duck and cover their ears as mortar fire. Japanese positions are bombarded by mortar and artillery fire all day and night. Medics treat wounded patients the day after the bombardment. Medics lay down a stretcher carrying a soldier. They place another soldier on a stretcher. The medics carry the soldier away. Medics drive a Jeep carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. A wounded man being carried over by two soldiers. Soldiers resting outside a makeshift hospital. A doctor treats the wounds of 322nd Regimental Commander Colonel Benjamin W. Venable. Colonel Venable receives IV fluids Close view of IV fluid bottles hanging from ceiling. Medics carry Colenel Venable out of hospital.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080168
Tired 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” soldiers resting and recuperating after the Battle of Angaur (WW2)

Faces of United States 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” soldiers after the Battle of Angaur in World War II. A soldier smoking a cigarette. A tired soldier holding a rifle with bayonet. Soldier scoops food from GI ration and eats. A soldier chewing. A soldier sleeping at the foot of a tree. Medics dressing wounds of a heavily bandaged man. A young soldier eating while sitting on fallen tree trunk. An injured soldier with both eyes covered by bandages is led away. Soldier lying down. Medics evacuate injured patients. A soldier looks to the camera as medics treat his wounds. Soldiers sitting on top of a moving tank. Injured soldiers with dirty faces look to the camera. Logo that reads "Buy War Bonds--The Mighty 7th War Loan" superimposed over photo of the flag raising at Iwo Jima.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080169
United States soldiers enter bars and restaurants in Tehran, Iran during WW2.

United States soldiers enter the Black Cat Bar in Teharan, Iran. A horse drawn rickshaw moves past the Bar Astoria and other Iranian shops. Views of modernist buildings in Tehran. Two United States soldiers pass the Texas Bar and Restaurant with sign reading “STOP Here is the Americans MEETING PLACE”. A bus drive towards the National Council building in Baharestan Square, Tehran. Carts and pedestrians move past the Brown Derby Bar and Restaurant, with its sign reading, "LET'S EAT." Clothes hanging outside Hollywood Laundry in Tehran with sign written in English and Persian. A camel caravan halts traffic while camels cross the street.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080203
A steam locomotive train passing through the Iranian Plateau

A moving locomotive in Iran as seen from the train’s roof. Smoke rises from the train chimney. The train moves along the rugged desert terrain of the Iranian Plateau. A camel caravan moving in the desert as seen from moving train. Train moves along field with some trees.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080204
Beach scenes near New York City during WW2

Beachgoers at a New York City beach, likely Jones Beach during World War II. Beachgoers are seen sunbathing or walking on the beach. Young men in trunks walking to the beach from boardwalk. Two boys playing in sand on the beach. Well dressed beachgoers leaning on boardwalk railing.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080371