M4 Sherman tanks of the U.S. Army 1st. Platoon, A Company, 710th Tank Battalion provide fire support to Marines of 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment, at Horseshoe Valley in Peleliu Island, Palau during World War 2. View from Marine position overlooking the valley, as M4 tanks slowly move through the valley battleground. The tanks are accompanied by Marine infantry. Explosions and smoke rise from hillsides as shells fired by tanks (unseen) explode. View from behind Marines watching the explosions. Glimpse of an M4 Sherman tank with name, "Honey Rose" on its side. Camera pans over smoke rising from shelling. Brief closer view of tanks moving slowly in the valley and firing their guns. Infantry moving beside and behind a tank. Three tanks together firing their guns. More explosions and smoke in the hillsides. Closer view of tanks. Another view of the three tanks firing together. (Note: Reportedly, the tank named "Honey Rose" was driven by Sergeant James A. "Jack" dayton, Jr. of Wheeling, West Virginia, who named the tank after his wife, "Rose." It was later struck by a Japanese anti-tank round that killed their machine gunner.The rest of the crew left the crippled tank with minor injuries.)
United States Marine Corps of the 4th Tank Battalion in Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. The tanks fire at Japanese positions. Green fields with sugarcane plantation. The Marines patrol on fields. The tanks advance along forest area.
United States Marine Corps of the 4th Tank Battalion in Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. A U.S. tank and jeep drives past sugarcane plantation on road. Smoke rises from an explosion in the background. Dead Japanese soldiers on the ground.
United States Marine Corps in Iwo Jima Island during Iwo Jima operation of World War II. The Marines dig on front line in hilly terrain. An explosion and smoke rises in the background. The Marines run across the terrain. Japanese radar atop a hill. Explosions on hillside. The Marines bring ammunition at a dug out. A United States tank burns near the airstrip.
United States 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment of 38th Division at Carabao Island, Philippines. The Battalion advance uphill towards Japanese enemy. The soldiers cross a ravine. Smoke rises from an explosion on hillside. The crew members prepare to attack on enemy positions. (World War II period).
U.S. warships bombarding corregidor during World War 2. Heavy smoke rising from shelling. Camera pans across the water showing variety of U.S. warships.Japanese mines being exploded, in the water, by machine gun fire from U.S. ship.
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