U.S. Marine Corps during Battle of Tarawa of World War II in November 1943. United States 2nd Marine Division Corps fire artillery. On the beach,Chaplains Assistants remove one dog tag from each of many dead marines. General of the United States Marine Corps Generals Holland McTyerie Smith and Julian Constable Smith U.S. Navy admiral Harry Wilbur Hill, commander of the task force. Bulldozers dig the ground in search of Japanese in bunkers as deep as 20 feet. They destroy the Japanese bunkers. Japanese prisoners are marched by the Marines.
Smoke rises from bombed aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) off Luzon in World War 2. Time code 00:29,shows F6F-5 #7 "Paper Doll," of VF-27, (mount of Ensign Bob Burnell who painted most of the famous "cat mouths" on the cowls of VF-27 Hellcats).Pilots walk across flight deck of USS Essex (CV-9). TC:01:04, F6F-5 #47 (VF-15) is seen with Horizontal stripe near rudder tip identifying it as an Air Group 15 aircraft. Further along is F6F-3 #8 (VF-15) Late production -3 with superseded tri-color paint scheme and 7 Japanese victory flag emblems under cockpit. F6F-3 #F-11 (VF-27) Late production -3, "F-11" lettered prefix to aircraft number (unusual on an operational fighter probably indicating a recent replacement). Plane captain is cleaning windshield on the "Minzi III" when Captain David S. McCampbell, the top U.S. Navy ace, approaches and climbs aboard the aircraft. Thirty Japanese flags are painted on the fuselage below the cockpit. McCampbell straps in and starts his engine. He gives a "thumbs up" sign. "Airedales" push empty Hellcat belly tanks across Essex flight deck. A Destroyer fires antiaircraft guns. Japanese aircraft seen in flight over water. Fire from 40 mm guns. (Note: Some planes of Squadron VF-27 on the Princeton, were recovered on the Essex.)
German Kriegsmarine auxiliary battle cruiser Thor (HSK 4) docks in Japan during World War 2. A Kriegsmarine sailor uses a camera. Two naval officers climbing stairs. A German Kriegsmarine sailor stands on guard. The auxiliary cruiser’s captain, KzS Günther Gumprich, meets with Japanese naval officers in Yokohama. A portrait of Adolf Hitler is hanging on the wall behind Captain Gumprich. German and Japanese naval officers raising their beer glasses. Flags of Japan and Nazi Germany. A simple wooden Torii gate. Kriegsmarine officers, including Captain Gumprich, tour Japan while the cruiser Thor is being refitted. A stone tōrō lantern in a Japanese Shinto shrine. German officers inspect walking canes and observing souvenirs for sale. A rest house for German officers in Japan, with the Nazi swastika flag hanging on a flagpole in front of the property. Kriegsmarine officers resting inside a rest house and rowing boats on a lake. A Kriegsmarine sailor points to Mount Fuji (Fujisan) in Shizuoka Prefecture, near Tokyo. Mount Fuji covered with snow on top. The flags of Nazi Germany and Japan are waving in front of Mount Fuji.
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.
Crates of supplies, trucks, and a crane at a United States Army base in Burma during World War II. Men unloading barrels of oil in Burma. Two of them are wearing Indian turbans. Rows of barrels and sheds with supplies destined for China. Shells to be shipped to China. United States Army troops loading shells into trucks and aircraft. Allied infantries advance under Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft cover. Gun camera view of 1st Air Commando group P-47 fighter strafing Japanese positions and buildings in Central Burma, 90 miles southwest of Mandalay. Some Japanese areas on fire. British infantry advancing on the ground as United States fighters provide cover. Explosion in Japanese installment.
Japanese women and children mourn and follow behind a hearse during a funeral procession of Mr. Shinzo Akagi, special deputy general director of the Shanghai Industrial Bureau, who was shot dead by a Chinese nationalist group in World War II. Japanese soldiers lead the procession on the street. Crowds of civilians watch the procession in Shanghai, China. The Shanghai Municipal Council and Japanese consulate general attend the funeral. The procession crosses a bridge.
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