WWII - Color, 1944, Guam Marines Advance, 25Jul44 & 02Aug44

WWII - Color, 1944, Guam Marines Advance, 25Jul44 & 02Aug44 Slate: 25Jul44, 3rd Marine Div. Camera: Mickelsen. Heavy smoke in air over valley. LS across barren valley w/ tree trunks and a few palm fronds. Smoke rising above jungle. Pan nearly barren hillside; marines down steep hillside thru burned brush. 10:24:45 High angle of tanks along bottom of canyon w/ marine on foot. 10:25:23 Slate: same. 10:25:24 LS across cemetery. Marines down hill at bottom of hillside. LS & MS. Past large broken mechanical steam shovel. Approaching partially collapsed burned hut or barn. Cross stream & up hillside. 10:27:29 Cemetery at bottom of hillside 10:27:45 Slate: 02Aug. Mickelsen. 10:27:45 View up grassy flat valley. MCU partially destroyed wooden observation tower; tall radio antennas; marine past storage tank beside road. CU Japanese insignia on plane w/ bullet holes; part of “Betty” bomber fuselage (H1363-04). 10:29:01 Broken & fallen mud brck or stone walls. 10:29:26 Head-on view of remains of twin-engine plane on ground; other planes on rocky airstrip. Jap zero against stone wall. 10:30:04 Pan of clouds & blue sky (plane ?) and walking w/ camera. WW2; Pacific Island Battles; Fighting;