Return to Guam R2 of 2

Return to Guam R2 of 2 Battle scenes tanks coming ashore; US troops / marines move into jungle. Wounded. Spotter w/ binoculars. Jungle fighting. Bodies, tending to wounded. US radio operator in foxhole. Soldier commenting looking thru binoculars & other genuine sound recording of soldiers talking throughout battle. US troops use flame-thrower to flush out Japanese from underground tunnels. Stretcher party carrying injured GI. Wounded man transferred to ship. Debris on beach. Battlefield church service. Japanese prisoners of war. POW. 19:12:51 Jeep w/ loudspeakers makes announcement re Geneva Convention - calling for surrender of Japanese. Japanese civilians including women and children come down from the hills where they have been hiding from the fighting. American medic treats Japanese woman’s wound on leg. 19:13:26 Debris after fighting - damaged buildings, marines patrol streets; clean off sign of Marine Naval base Guam. American naval ships off Guam. 19:14:03 Warrant Officer George Tweed makes report re his time on Guam (SOF). Tells how the Japanese beat & tortured local native slave labour in building defences - overlaid over shots of wrecked defenses. Tweed tells of Japanese atrocities to the natives of Guam; overlaid over shots of natives at funeral service. Dead & bloated bodies w/ hands tied, victims of atrocities. Natives after US return look happy, receiving food & medical care. 19:16:09 Natives at mass meetings; commentary says that people of Guam will benefit from becoming a great naval base. Diagrams show planned installations. Construction work - building air strip. Japanese plane comes under heavy tracer fire from US aircraft carrier - plane shot down (GOOD). Letter from Navy Secretary James Forrestal re return to Guam WWII Pacific War; Fighting; Retaking Islands; Propaganda;