Plane handlers lounge on flight deck of USS Sangamon (CVE-26) and eat ice cream. U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Trathen (DD-530) approaches and transfers wounded Japanese fighter pilot to USS Sangamon (CVE-26) via breeches buoy. (The guns of the USS Trathen had shot his plane down). Japanese pilot received on USS Sangamon and transferred to stretcher.
Attacking Japanese aircraft overhead of Task Group 77.4.1 ("Taffy 1") during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II. Navy Captain M.E. Browder of USS Sangamon on bridge, talks into radio and scans skies. Gun crews in 20MM gun pits. Japanese planes overhead and many flak bursts over water. Ship on horizon activating signal blinker.
U.S. gun camera footage. Strafing of Japanese freighter tied up close to the beach during World War II. Tracer ammunition used. Strafing of Japanese plane. Plane explodes and catches fire. Strafing of some rice paddies. Small houses seen.
A Japanese freighter visible in a river. Land visible on the sides of the river. Strafing of Japanese freighter in the river during World War II. U.S. gun camera footage.
Strafing of a Japanese light house in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Attack on Japanese fishing boats in the water. U.S. gun camera footage.
View of the beach. Strafing of a Japanese freighter close to the beach during World War II. Large explosion seen as ship catches fire. Strafing of some grass huts and Japanese transport. U.S. gun camera footage.
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