Action at Angaur R2 of 3

Action at Angaur R2 of 3 17Sep44 Angaur bombardment by ships & carrier planes. Battleship USS Tennessee bombarding island, explosions on shore, heavy smoke. Landing craft out of ship, DUKWs (?), circling. Aircraft strafing island, gun camera. 06:28:32 Landing craft in, aerials & from water. Map. Troops take beach head thru surf; tanks firing. Contains many scenes of US troops pinned down, digging. Burning & blasting Japanese soldiers from cave emplacements. Tanks & flamethrowers. 06:30:35 AVs Red Beach, beach head. Heavy destruction. CIC flag. Bodies - medics w/ casualties; troops wading ashore. 06:32:00 Landing craft w/ ammunition. Explosion; troops put out fire in ammunition dump. General Miller coming on land. Troops using grenades; move inland w/ bulldozers. Troops blow up caves on Shrine Hill - flame throwers, bodies of Japanese. 06:34:08 Saipan Town. Blowing up cave & flame thrower “...little apes.” Phosphate plant - ruined factory - dead Japanese. Tanks & US troops - patrol streets. WWII Pacific War; Racist Propaganda; Racism; Fighting; Horrors of War;