WWII - 1945, Pacific, USA: MacArthur Leads Australian Troops Taking Balikpapan

WWII - 1945, Pacific, USA: MacArthur Leads Australian Troops Taking Balikpapan. ca 01Jul45 Title. 01:13:43 Naval battle: ships firing rockets attack Japanese off Borneo shores. Heavy black smoke from burning oil fields. 01:14:19 General MacArthur silhouetted watching from on deck; large ship’s guns firing. MacArthur looks at watch. 01:14:30 Australian troops in landing crafts are shelled then disembark on beach. 01:14:50 Troops on land firing. Flame thrower from tanks. Land battle w/ burning buildings & heavy smoke above. Flamethrower used - burning Japanese soldier runs out, falls over & gets up again trying to run while on fire. 01:15:39 General MacArthur & other officers walking thru trunks of destroyed trees. 01:15:48 Soldiers past refineries & destroyed storage tanks. WW2; Pacific War; Atrocities; Horrors of War; Oboe 2; 1940s;