Solomon Islands, The R3 of 4

R3 of 4 Continued Japanese sniper climbing clamps demonstrated & man climbs palm tree in camouflage cape. 10:45:13 Airstrip, bomb craters filled & airstrip graded; man looking thru large binoculars. PBY overhead, lands & Marine officer deplanes, greeted. 10:46:45 Crates unloaded onto dock by cargo net, landing barge unloaded. Others to shore & crates stacked. CU food contents stenciled on crates. Japanese truck loaded. 10;48;18 Large bombs are winched from a landing barge & loaded into truck. 10:48:44 Strip graded; planes worked on by mechanics. Bombs checked. P40 is fueled, armed, checked & takes off; a "Corsair" lands on a dusty field. Jeeps refueled. 10:52:05 Captured Japanese positions examined. Marines march; get field chow from mess line. 10:52:50 Marines paddle canoes, exhibit their knife-throwing & pistol-shooting skill, and wash in a stream. B-17 bombers land on a jungle airstrip. Adm. Nimitz decorates Marines. Hospital patients recuperate. WWII; WW2; 1942; Military Transportation; Pacific Invasion; Solomon Islands; NOTE: GOOD QUALITY - Romanticized view of Marines.