COMBAT ACTION 15 NOV. 1944 TO 18 JAN. 1945. & GENERAL DECK SCENES Part 1

Description

1) MS Adm. McCain & other officers transferred at sea to DD alongside.2) MS USS ENTERPRISE underv`x/3) HS Hole in flight deck & burning TBM on flight deck.4) HS Men play fomite hose on carrier deck.5) GV General activity on flight deck showing corpsmen aiding wounded & men playing hoses.6) MS Corpsmen aiding wounded on flight deck.7) HS Men play hoses on burning TBF.8) MS Bodies laying on flight deck.9) MS Corpsmen aid wounded men.10) HS Decapitated man on flight deck.11) HS General view of activity on flight deck showing men playing hoses & corpsmen aiding wounded; planes parked BG.12) MS Men jettisoning bombs over the side.13) GV TBF makes emergency water landing; carrier deck FG.14) MS Pilot clings to wreckage of plane.15) MS Bow of DD cutting heavy sea at high speed.16) HS Men repair hose in flight deck, bodies on stretcher BG.17) HS Planes taxi around damaged flight deck.18) MS Men play hoses on fighter pilot laying on flight deck to protect him from flames of burning F6F.19) MS Belly tank Napalm bomb falls in water & burns.20) MS Men play hoses on burning TBF.21) HS Corpsmen carry wounded on stretchers.22) GV Flight deck activity showing corpsmen carrying wounded & men playing hose on fire.23) HS Adms. McCain & Baker walk across flight deck.QUALITY: GENERALLY FAIR, SOME UX.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities