INVASION OF GUAM: LCs ON WAY TO BEACH; DD BOMBARDS IS Part 1

Description

1) LS Wave of LCs head for beach.2) GV DDs, APs, AKs at anchor offshore.3) GV AGC at anchor, LCs in rend. BG.4) HS Man cools 5" gun with water hose.5) GV BB underway, shell bursts, smoke columns on shore BG.6) GV 14" gun turret trains, fires.7) LS Shell bursts, smoke columns on shore-SV.8) LS U.S. plane passes over Is., bomb bursts inland.9) GV AKs, APs, LCs, LCTs offshore.10) GV DDs, LSTs underway.11) LS Shells burst in close pattern.12) GV Group of flares settle toward Is., shell bursts, smoke columns on shore.13) GV DD gives rapid fire, shore BG-SV.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities