U.S. air raid on Bonin Islands, Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver bombers in flight. Formation of SB2Cs over water. Smoke columns rise from burning installations. Aerial view of Japanese installations on Bonin Islands. Near bomb miss on Japanese ship. Smoke columns rise from burning installations. Formation of U.S. Navy TBF Avenger Avenger bombers.
U.S. Army Air Forces fighter strafes Japanese ground targets in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Aerial view of fighter strafing roadway, houses along edge of it. Fighter strafes Japanese cargo ship.
Liberation of Allied prisoners in Tokyo, Japan towards the end of World War II. U.S. prisoners as they lounge on the deck of hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH-13) in Tokyo Bay. U.S. personnel on the dock wave when a boat approaches. The compound of Japanese POW (Prisoners of War) camp at Nisson Mill Camp near Tokyo shows Allied prisoners of war waving and cheering. Japanese guards can be seen in the compound. A littered street.
Pratas Island in the Pacific Ocean, as seen from the deck of surfaced U.S. submarine, the USS Bluegill (SS-242) during World War 2. Barrel of deck gun seen. Japanese radio towers seen faintly in distance on the island. The boat shakes as its deck gun fires toward the radio towers. The Bluegill seen from another boat as she sits partially surfaced with small waves breaking over her deck. she submerges and then surfaces again. Huge explosions occur as demolition charges detonate destroying Japanese installations ashore. Dense smoke fills the area. A crew member stands on deck of the Bluegill, firing a rifle toward the shore.
USS Skate (SS-305) at Pearl harbor in the United States during World War II. Officers and sailors at the dock and aboard the submarine. Officers shake hands and discuss amongst themselves. U.S. flag fly atop a flag pole on the submarine in the background. Mail call on the submarine. The mail bags being distributed among the sailors. Japanese prisoners come out of the submarine. Japanese prisoner go over the brow of the submarine to the dock. Stern of the submarine. Band on the dock at the submarine base in Pearl Harbor. Officers on the forepart of the submarine talking about their trip.
USS Sea Owl underway in the Pacific Ocean. Crew at the conning tower of the submarine. Lookouts watching through binoculars. Men wearing battle dress standing on the deck of the ship and discussing amongst themselves. Crew takes down life lines for firing. Ships on horizon. Japanese 350 ton schooner that has been shelled, sinking in water. Damage to the deck. Numerous shells hit the four masted 350 ton ship's deck. Japanese on the wrecked schooner. Men on the deck of the submarine. Men are taken aboard the submarine from the wrecked schooner. (World War II period).
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