We Said We’d Come Back (1944) R2 of 2

R2 of 2 Avenger landing; aerial over military base on low island w/ fleet at anchor. Fleet underway; ships taking on supplies before leaving, large ammunition for battleship cleaned, rolled across deck. Dive bombers & avengers take off. Explosions on islands. 04:36:39 Battleships firing barrage & shoreline explosions. Men loading guns, firing. 04:37:17 Landing craft to shore seen from onboard & aerials. Men wading ashore; pinned down on thin sand, moving inland w/ weapons. 04:37:58 Marine walks thru complete destruction of Japanese defenses from bombardment., dead bodies. Beach w/ dead marines & wrecked equipment. Wounded on stretchers. 04:38:25 LS of Guam. Fleet silhouetted w/ some clouds at sunset or ?? Illustrations of fleet ships to show numbers of types of ships 70 carriers, 54 cruisers, 376 destroyers, 587 other warships, 3439 auxiliary craft, 42000 amphibious craft, 34000 planes. 04:40:36 Secretary Forrestal: “What you have seen is your navy, & you can well be proud of it. It has cost heavily in time, and work, and money. It will cost a lot more. We have spent already about 70 billion dollars upon our navy and we have the authority of Congress to spend 50 billion more, if we need it. The power that we now have has taken about 4 years in the building. It has been a good investment because our material superiority has saved, and is saving the lives, of our men who are paying the real price of this war, the men who fight. There is no way of measuring the value of an American life in dollars & cents but I don’t believe any one of you would withhold the loan of the price of a new motor car, for example, if you though that it would save the life of a single American. The End. 6th War Loan. WWII Naval Ships; WW2 Navy Operations; Construction; 1944; Economics; Homefront appeal; Propaganda;