LANDING SUPPLIES AT APAHAMA ATOLL, GILBERT ISLANDS Part 3

Description

1) MS Truck backing up to ramp of beached LST.2) MS Fuel drums rolling down ramp into water.3) MCU Men secure fuel drums with line forward of LST-29.4) MS Fuel drums rolling down ramp of LST; men secure lines to drums.5) LS Three beached LST"s with doors open.6) LS Tractor pulling stalled truck up through surf from beach.7) LS Several beached LST"s; drums of oil coming down ramp in FG.8) MS Oil drums rolling down ramp into water; men in water securing them to large raft made of oil drums.9) LS Beached LST"s; strip of sandy beach in FG.10) MLS Two beached LST"s, bow doors open; parked LVT in front of one of them.11) MS LCT coming along the beach; LST"s in BG.12) MS Group of men loading oil drums on back of truck13) MS Tractor towing stalled truck.14) MS Men unloading gear from LST onto truck which is in the water. SV15) MS Crewmen carrying 5" shells across deck of ship; men picking up the shells. SV16) MS Men carrying 5" rounds off lighter tied up alongside DD, stacking rounds on deck.17) LA MS Men in hatch of lighter picking up rounds and handing them to men on deck. SV18) HA CU Heads of rounds stacked in row on deck. SV19) HA MS Men carrying rounds off the lighter onto the DD.20) HA MS Overlooking bow of DD underway through rough seas, bow awash. SV21) MCU Deck winch as water comes up over side of DD and washes over winch.22) CU Depth charge rack and other deck gear awash as water comes up over the side of DD.23) MS Whaleboat in davits; man standing in 20mm gun tub looking out to sea; rough seas in BG.Title: Survivors of Italian Sub Sunk By USS BUCK24) MS Overlooking bow of DD underway in rough seas.25) HA MS Italian prisoners standing on bow of DD.26) MS Prisoners slide body of deceased Italian prisoner over side of ship during burial at sea.27) MS Large group of Italian submariners sitting on bow of DD underway. SV

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities