U.S. Destroyer ship, USS Drayton (DD-366) in camouflage paint, underway off Okinawa in World War II. Crew members crowd her decks as she sends a man,by high line transfer in large enclosed canvas sling, to nearby heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). View of the transfer from the cruiser. The Drayton moves away. A Vought OS2U Kingfisher scout plane lands in the slick of USS Salt Lake City and bounces about in rough water. View from the Salt Lake City of Japanese shells, from shore battery on Marcus Island, falling into the sea. Momentary view of Lieutenant Commander, Eddie Peabody and his troupe, entertaining sailors aboard the Salt Lake City in port at Ulithi, on Nov. 11, 1944.
USS Franklin (CV-13) underway in the Pacific Ocean after being severely damaged by Japanese bombing during World War II. A group of African American stewards in white pants and T shirts sing during a Church service aboard the USS Franklin. They sing from hymn books. Other African American sailors on the deck as they sing hymns with bomb-damaged bulkhead in the background.
USS Franklin underway in the Pacific Ocean after the Japanese attack during World War II. Two sailors aboard USS Franklin as they clean rubble. Men clear a heap of rubble on the hangar deck
USS Franklin underway in the Pacific Ocean after the Japanese attack during World War II. A jeep pulls a trailer loaded with gear along the hangar deck. Sailors unload boxes from the trailer. Sailors pull a rope on the deck of the ship.
Supplements from a film called 'Fighting Lady' during World War II. A sailor aboard USS Yorktown also called Fighting Lady. Sailor stands in the well of the elevator as a torpedo comes up on elevator to the deck level. A cartoon of Tojo on a torpedo head and a sign reads 'To Tojo'. Nose of the torpedo with a grinning Japanese face drawn on it.
Supplements from a film called 'Fighting Lady' about the United States campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A bulldozer hauls equipment on a beach at Makin Island. Bulldozer hauls material in cargo nets out of LSM (Landing Ship, Mechanized). A fighter flies overhead at night. Silhouetted palm trees.
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