10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment mission in Burma, during World War Two. U.S. Airmen talk in front of jeep bearing Letters "AJR" on its windshield.. They examine a map. Ground crew pull props through on B-25 Mitchell bomber and clean gun turret canopies. View of pilots inside cockpit of B-25 in flight over jungle. A jungle rescue team discusses mission in front of a Sikorsky YR-4B helicopter parked at field. Pilot, Lieutenant Carter Harmon, climbs into cockpit of the helicopter. Ground crew seen pulling props through on a B-25. Views from inside a B-25 flying over jungle. The object of rescue is is seen. (TSgt Ed "Murphy" Hladovcak of the 1st Air Commandos, piloting a Stinson L-1 Vigilant with three wounded British soldiers on board, had been forced down behind Japanese lines, several miles from Mawlu, Burma.) Two B-25s are seen parked on a rough field. A white tent is nearby and many Burmese people are seen. Airmen are seen around a B-25. Brief view of happy airmen inside a vehicle. (Note: This is probably the first use of a helicopter for a combat rescue. )
Wreckage of Japanese plane discovered in jungles of Burma, during World War 2. Dead pilot of plane. Close view of dead pilot.
Machine gun and cannon tracer rounds being fired by the United States submarine USS Tirante (SS-420) at a Japanese Junk boat (Wasen) during nighttime in World War 2. Neither submarine nor Junk boat is visible. A burning wooden Junk boat with flames that gradually fades away in the distance. Suddenly a closeup of the flaming Junk boat is seen and it again fades away. Some brief gunfire is seen.
The USS Tirante (SS-420) submarine attacks a Japanese Junk boat in semidarkness during World War II. The submarine fires surface gunfire at the Junk boat. Numerous rounds strike the vessel and set it afire. United States sailors aboard the submarine, load and fire 3'' guns.
U.S. 1st Marine Regiment advances towards Shuri in Okinawa Island. Marines move past wrecked wagons. They advance up a hill. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers, some still burning. Columns of Marines move along road. (World War II period).
Marines of U.S. 'K' Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment with flame throwing tank in operation at Okinawa. Hills in background. Tanks attack Japanese caves used as fortifications. Blast on hill throws billows of smoke. (World War II period).
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