Pacific campaign of U.S. army on Bougainville Island, New Guinea during World War II. Four African American soldiers hold Japanese flag. A dead Japanese soldier. U.S. troops as they cross footbridge.
Opening scene shows Imperial Japanese infantry with rifles and T-100 sub machine gun in a Daihatsu Landing Craft, off the Philippines, during Japanese attack and invasion of the Philippines. Remainder of the brief film shows Philippine President Manuel Quezon standing outside a building, appearing ready to commence a public broadcast. Microphones are set up nearby. ( Clip is silent except for some faint music in background at the beginning.)
Japanese air attacks on U.S. Task Force underway during Battle of Leyte in World War II. Smoke screen laid by small craft and shields LCIs (Landing Crafts, Infantry), CVs (Fleet Aircraft Carrier), APs (Transport), and many other ships in Leyte. Destroyer lays smoke screen. Japanese plane dives.
USS Hornet (CV-16) battles enemy planes in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Aft forward of a DD (destroyer) underway. Hornet fires antiaircraft guns in the background. Flak bursts overhead. Two motored Japanese plane falls burning into sea. Explosion on a CV (Aircraft Carrier) underway, smoke billows up. Tracer fire is directed towards Japanese plane overhead.
Japanese air attack on United States Carrier Division 25 CVE underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. United States Navy F6F Hellcat fighters land on deck of CVE. Japanese planes pass amidst hail of antiaircraft fire.
A formation of Douglas SBD-3 aircraft is seen flying overhead. Pilots of U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron (VF-3) on their Aircraft Carrier, the USS Yorktown (CV-5), after a mission during the Battle of Midway. They are seen climbing out of their aircraft after parking on the flight deck. The Squadron Commander, Lieutenant Commander John S. Thatch, in cockpit of his F4F aircraft with 7 Japanese flags painted on its fuselage. in out of sequence, earlier shot, he holds up four fingers in response to question of how many Japanese aircraft fell to VF-3, on this mission. Other VF-3 pilots climbing from their aircraft. Three pose in front of an F4F.
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