WWII - 1944, Pacific War: US Navy Force Attacks Truk - Attacking Saipan in the Marianas

WWII - 1944, Pacific War: US Navy Force Attacks Truk - Attacking Saipan in the Marianas Title: Movietone News over military montage. 21:58:20 Intertitle: U.S. Navy Force Attacks Truk. 21:58:26 Fighter bombers wait, take off from aircraft carrier. Dogfight w/ tracers at Japanese planes; plane hit & explodes mid-air over atoll. Aerial view of Truk & Japanese oil tank storage, airfield & tanker ships strafed. Destroyer strafed. Japanese plane hit, plunges & explodes in water. Tracers. Task force attacked w/ plane exploding. Smoke column over water. GOOD. 22:00:05 Intertitle: Attacking Saipan in the Marianas. Planes off aircraft carrier & attack Japanese airfield w/ planes on ground hit & burning. Japanese ships bombed. 22:00:34 Damaged planes land on carrier. Wounded pilot taken out of plane on stretcher after hitting superstructure of carrier. WW2 Navy Air Force; 1940s; Fighting; Pacific Naval Battles;