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Invasion Of Kwajalein
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keywords: wwii, pacific theater, marshall islands campaign, kwajalein atoll, battleship firing, dukw
Synopsis: Part of the Marshall Islands Campaign by the Allies in 1943 Kwajalein Island was deemed expendable by the Japanese High Command with existing troops repositioned to make it as costly as possible for the attacking U.S. 7th Infantry Division in conjunction with the 4th Marine Division in Operation Flintlock...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:10:36
- Sound: No
- Color: Color
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Kwajalein Atoll
Invasion Of Kwajalein
Soldiers board transport ship waking up gangway. Shows convoy of transport ships, APs, underway. Soldiers gather around map spread out on hatch cover. Men set up 50 cal. machine guns for practice firing. Officer explains mission using a map of Kwajalein.
Officer looks through binoculars. Shows Japanese kill flag on side of command ship. Long shot of battle ship firing main battery of guns in naval bombardment of island. Close-up of BB 16-inch guns firing. Shows fire on beach burning fiercely; smoke columns rise. LST unloads DUKS into water; duck passes in foreground. Pan Landing craft activity in rendezvous area. Close up of soldiers in landing craft. LVTs on beach, troops wading ashore, LSTs in background.
Soldiers move through debris toward a large burning fire. Tank passes in front of camera. Smokey haze covers the island. Jeep towing trailer moves past camera. Soldier on field telephone. Shows artillery piece firing. Soldier looking through range finder. Tank crew on top of tank. Wounded soldiers on stretchers. Shows walking wounded with bandages. Wounded are loaded on DUKW for transport back to ship. Jeep arrives with two stretchers. Body of dead U.S. soldier, man covers body with poncho.
