Japanese soldiers shovel gravel off truck in Japan soon after the end of World War 2. Four Japanese children as a labor battalion pose with shovels in their hands. View of children. Japanese unload gravel from truck and shovel gravel on ground. Japanese soldiers place machine guns on ground.
United States Army inspection of pillbox at Atsugi Airdrome in Japan, soon after the end of World War 2. United States officers inspect pillbox. Steel structure of hangar behind the pillbox.
Japanese soldiers push Japanese fighter plane at Atsugi Airdrome in Japan, soon after the end of World War 2. View of Japanese soldiers pushing Japanese fighter plane. They push it into steel structure of hangar.
United States Army helps and provides aid to Japan in the years soon after end of World War 2. Workers unload the cargo of food from truck. Aerial view of flooded area. Ambulances of 'Army Medical Care' pass through muddy land. To care for the sick, doctors and nurses reach the flooded area of Japan in ambulance. Nurse gets down from ambulance. Army personnel lift the boxes of food and clothing. Sign of 'Toy Factory'. Interior of toy factory. Japanese work at machines in factory, where they process and recycle tin cans received from American military bases, and turn them into toy cars for children. Women work at machines in toy factory. Toys of small cars made and displayed.
USO Show of Jack Benny and party in the Pacific Ocean theater during World War 2. American entertainer, Jack Benny walks along dock with guards. Jack Benny & party walk along dock. Men on tree watch show. Crowd of sailors and soldiers seated on lawn watches show. People talk.
Damaged USS Louisville (CA-28) hit by Japanese Kamikase in World War 2. Damaged forward stack of the ship. Float of its scout plane left on catapult, is jettisoned. Large stack of the USS Louisville knocked down. Engine of seaplane blown up by explosion on the signal bridge. Man welds in superstructure. View of other men working to repair damage to the Cruiser.. [Note: The following eyewitness account of the kamikaze attack was recorded by Seamen 1st Class, Enrico Trotta, who was a crew member on the USS Louisville (CA-28) from 1943 to 1946, "At 1923 (hours) two planes which were identified as friendly flew around and one kamikaze dove onto the battleship USS Mississippi BB 41. The other kamikaze plane turned to the Louisville and started to make a run on us. I was on No. #4 - 20 mm AA gun mount on the port side below #2 main battery and I fired 58 rounds to set the kamikaze plane on fire prior to hitting the Louisvilleās front smoke stack bending and twisting it and killing 9 men on the 40 mm gun mount mounting on the forward superstructure tripod about 140 feet from our gun mount. The kamikaze also cut our sea plane off and left only the pontoon on the catapult. Three other 20 AA mm gun crews opened up firing 4, 11, and 20 rounds as well. We were not told to fire for we did it on our own. We were only manning the guns at the time and were not on general quarters. Later, the officers came by and said good job."]
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