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US Troops Consolidate Pacific Islands
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keywords: wwii, pacific theater, tinian island, island of guam
Synopsis: WWII Allied Forces launch an amphibious assault of the Island of Tinian under strong enemy fire while on the Island of Guam US Marines are close to finishing up their mop-up operations against hold-out Japanese Forces with a scene of Marines raising the American over Guam once again...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:01:38
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Pacific Theater
U.S. Troops Consolidated Pacific Islands
In the Mariana Islands Marianas artillery units on Saipan bombard Japanese positions on Tinian Island. Aerial view of landing crafts moving across the channel to invade Tinian. General Holland Smith in an amphibian vehicle. Marines in mopping up operation on Guam. Footage of Marines firing a mortar from a foxhole and firing a 50 caliber machine gun. Marines duck for cover as enemy returns fire. Scenes of dead Japanese soldiers. Marines raise the American flag once again over the island of Guam.
- Related Titles:
- Military Newsreels: 1944 - Issue 40
