DEAD & WOUNDED REMOVED FROM NO. 3 TURRET ABOARD USS SAVANNAH AFTER GERMAN BOMB HIT Salerno Part 1

Description

1) HA MS LCM with dead and wounded lying on deck.2) MS Unidt. cruiser with dead and wounded lying on deck covered with blankets.3) HA MS Tug (ATF) alongside SAVANNAH (CL-42).4) MS Dead wrapped in blankets.5) MS Wounded removed from gun turret on SAVANNAH which was hit by bomb.6) MS Entrance to gun turret as damage control men with gas masks on, come out.7) LS Looking across water; several unidt. ships in BG.8) MS SAVANNAH with hose laid out around deck with men fighting the fire in the turret.9) MS Dead man lying on deck, clothes have been completely burned off.10) CU Head down to waist of burned man.11) HA MS Scenes on deck as men work with dead and wounded.12) MS Dead man on deck; several men about him; other men being wrapped in blankets in BG. SV DA13) MS Wounded man on stretcher being lifted over side of ship and lowered to barge or vessel that cannot be seen. SV14) HA MS Looking down on the LCM.15) HA MS Dead men on deck, some covered, some uncovered; men carrying another body in blankets in BG.16) LA MS Looking from bow to superstructure of SAVANNAH.17) LS Unidt. DD at anchor in harbor.18) MS Deck of SAVANNAH as corpsman is giving artificial respiration to wounded man; several other men about helping him.19) MS Wounded man lying on deck; corpsman comes over and loosens his belt, raises his eye lid and looks at his eyes.20) HA MS Turret section where bomb dropped; 20mm gun crews in BG.21) HA MS Hole where bomb went in on top of gun turret.22) MS Captain wearing steel helmet.23) HA MS Men play hose on inside of turret. TITLE: SALVAGE OPS. PURATA ISLAND; FLIGHT OPS., BOUGAINVILLE ISL.24) MS Beach with numerous small craft; PT's, LCM's. SV DA25) MS LCM on the beach. SV DA26) MS Men salvaging a sunken LC (SV DA); large active volcano in BG.27) MS Small island.28) MS Several LCM's tied up together. SV DA29) LS F6F takes off coming out over the water.30) LS Numerous small craft on beach; P-40's taxiing along taxiway at Torokina fighter strip near water in BG.31) MS Looking down runway as F6 takes off and flies directly overhead.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities