Capital ships of a U.S. Naval Task Force underway in formation, seen from another warship ahead of them. A shell being loaded into the breech of a naval gun, followed by containers of propellant powder. Sailors controlling aiming of guns in triple turret. Closeup from outside, of gun triple guns moving, and then firing to starboard. Glimpse of a battleship firing to port. A Baltimore class heavy cruiser, in camouflage paint, firing forward 8-inch guns to starboard. An Iowa class battleship. A Baltimore class cruiser underway. A Benham class destroyer in camouflage paint. Aerial view of carrier-based Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver banking left and diving. Glimpse of bombs falling. Other U.S. Navy warplanes maneuvering. A U.S. Landing ship medium (R) firing rockets. USS LSM-197 and 198 (R) firing rockets. Numerous explosions along the shore of a Japanese held Pacific Island. An Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper underway. Members of a Navy underwater demolition team leaving their boat. Huge underwater explosion raises clouds of water and smoke. A Portland class heavy cruiser firing guns. Shells exploding on shore. More Naval guns firing. A U.S. Battleship firing triple 16 inch guns and double 5-inch guns. U.S. troops climbing down rope nets from an attack transport ship, to board landing craft. The 173 foot Patrol Craft, USS PC-1306 is seen among landing craft. Closeup of U.S. troops in the landing craft and then wading ashore from them. U.S. troops under heavy Japanese fire at Pacific Island beachhead. May hunkered down in sand. Some treat wounded while under fire. Soldiers firing mortars, 75mm pack howitzers., and rifles. More Naval guns firing and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft flying overhead. Gun camera film of Japanese aircraft being downed by a U.S. carrier based airplane. A U.S. Douglas Dauntless SBD aircraft buzzing over the beachhead. Another gun camera view of a Japanese aircraft being shot down. Landing Ship Tank (LST-1006) arriving at beachhead. An army truck drives her ramp. Various Navy support ships and activities. A U.S. Navy F4F aircraft firing rockets.
A meritorious plaque given to 763rd Ordnance Company in Bad Mergentheim, Germany during World War II. U.S. Army Brigadier General Frederick M. Harris Commander of 63rd Infantry Division presents a meritorious service plaque to men of 763rd Ordnance Company. Brigadier General Harris watches men passing in review.
Men of 254th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division are honored in Creglingen, Germany during World War II. Soldiers of 254th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division in a parade. U.S. Army Brigadier General Frederick M. Harris Commander of 63rd Infantry Division with other officers reviews the parade. He presents men of 254th Infantry Regiment with Silver Stars after the formal parade.
Soldiers of U.S. 71st Infantry Regiment in Heidelberg, Germany during World War II. The soldiers sit alongside tracks and relax in boxcars. Men read, talk and smoke. A group of soldiers smokes and plays cards. The soldiers listen to other soldiers playing musical instruments. The soldiers hold guns and carry bags out of a building. Some men stand on a railway platform and others in boxcars.
Inspection of task force buildings in Oslo, Norway during World War II. Officers stand and talk. U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley arrives in a car and is greeted by officers. General Bradley and U.S. Brigadier General Owen Summers and other officers on an inspection tour of Task Force 'A' buildings. The two Generals enter and leave buildings and cars while inspecting.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft of the 73rd Bomb Wing, 500th Bomb Group (Tail Code "Z") seen on Saipan. A B-29 aircraft taxis and turns on a runway. A rainbow in the sky. A B-29 being moved with a tug. Ground handling of a B-29 aircraft. An airman direct a pilot to the parking spot. A group of airmen stands near the parked aircraft. On its fuselage below the cockpit, it displays a black bird's wing on top of a black globe and a long yellow paint stripe underneath. The airmen take equipment out of the aircraft and haul it away in a cart. Three B-29 aircraft parked.
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