INVASION OF PELELIU: MARINES ADVANCE ACROSS "AIRFIELD, PLANES STRAFE Part 1

Description

1) MS-CU Ship gets underway, Capt. uses binocs, anchor raised, engine room signals used-SV.2) LS Navy planes dive, strafe & drop bombs on Japanese position on hill, bombs burst-SV.3) GV-Pan Wreckage of Japanese planes & hangars on air strip-SV.4) CU Japanese pillbox & dead Japs.5) MS Men examine damaged track on LVT.6) GV Marines advance & clear airfield of snipers-SV.7) MS Officer questions Japanese prisoners.8) LS Planes strafe airfield-SV.9) LS Night shots: Flares fall.10) MS Chaplain conducts chruch services near front lines-SV.11) MS Explosions in wooded area, bullet splashes in river -FG.12) MCU Dead Japanese in trench.QUALITY: FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities