WWII Pacific Island Landing Operation

WWII Pacific Island Landing Operation Small navy ships moving & circling off shore, smoke from guns firing. Landing craft seen in water, heavy smoke in sky. DUKWs past toward shore; large navy ship firing in background. CU of DUKWs past camera. View from behind as landing craft approach shore. Smoke rising on hillside. LCI in front of landing craft firing. Duck passing camera boat. 03:18:16 Aerial smoke flares dropping over island. More of DUKWs in water. 03:18:56 Wounded lying on stretcher in jungle near shoreline; men carry stretchers to water. Firing gun from small boat on water. 03:20:10 Destroyed hut & concrete building w/ trees badly damaged by shelling. Men digging in. On beach unloading ammunition. Two men in foxhole w/ field radio. 01:23:03 Metal Coca Cola cooler w/ bullet holes. Line of tracked landing craft on beach. Men in DUKW alongside landing craft. Landing craft into shore & wounded loaded aboard on stretchers. Beachmaster w/ megaphone. WWII Pacific Naval Landing; Marines; WW2;