First of three American air attacks on Japanese positions in Hong Kong on 25 Oct 1942, during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft lined up at an airfield in China. General Claire L. Chennault, of Flying Tigers fame, discusses the missions with Colonel Caleb V. Haynes China Air Task Force (CATF) Bomber Section Commander and Colonel Robert T. Scott (CATF's 23rd Fighter Group Commander) 11th Bomb Squadron B-25 takes off from Ehr Tong Airfield at Kweilin (Guilin), China along with P-40 fighter escort. Formation of escorting Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters. B-25 bombers in flight over mountain ranges. Bombs being dropped over the Hong Kong headquarters of the Japanese. Bombs impact and smoke rises.
A U.S. submarine patrol in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Crew men aboard USS Springer. The captain on the deck of the submarine. A man holds onto a halyard from which a Japanese flag flutters. An officer lights a cigarette. Four small Japanese flags on a halyard aboard USS Springer. Men on watch bridge of the submarine. A man looks through binoculars and smiles. Crew members converse with ship mates. Bearded men talk.
United States Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A wrecked structure with Marines in the foreground. A Torii, Japanese gate at the entrance of a village. Marines milling about in the foreground and damaged buildings in the village. A Marine examines bundles of Japanese money. He puts them in a bag.
United States Marines on Peleliu Island, Palau during World War II. Marines fire flamethrowers at a pillbox. Smoke rises from the area. A Marine kills a burnt Japanese soldiers. Dead Japanese soldiers on ground. A hand grenade being thrown near an airstrip as smoke rises.
United States Marines on Peleliu Island, Palau during World War II. Marines on a beach. Japanese mines on a beach. Marines milling about on the beach. Prone Marines fire rifles at a Japanese sniper on the beach.
USS Intrepid (CV-11) aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A battleship and an aircraft carrier fire anti aircraft guns. Flak bursts in the air. Smoke column rises from the aircraft carrier after hit by a Japanese kamikaze. Wreckage of Japanese plane burns on the deck of USS Intrepid. Some is not visible as the planes engine and part of its fuselage penetrated the Intrepid's deck. U.S. Navy crew spray water on the fire with hoses. 8 U.S. Navy sailors were killed and 21 were wounded in the attack.
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