WWII - 1944, Documentary: Return To Guam R2 of 2

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 SOF 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. Smoking bodies. Montage of stretcher party carrying injured GI; wounded man transferred to ship. 12:28:55 Debris on beach. Battlefield church service. Japanese prisoners of war. POWs. 12:29:45 Jeep w/ loudspeakers makes announcement re Geneva Convention - calling for surrender of Japanese. Japanese civilians including women & children come down from the hills where they have been hiding from fighting. American medic treats Japanese woman’s wound on leg. 12:30:22 Debris after fighting - damaged buildings, marines patrol streets; clean off sign of Marine Naval base Guam. American naval ships off Guam. 12:31:00 Warrant Officer George Tweed makes report re his time on Guam (SOF). Tells how the Japanese beat & tortured local native slave labor in building defenses - cut w/ 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. 12:33:10 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. The End. WWII Pacific War; WW2 Fighting; Propaganda; Horrors of War; NOTE: Very good quality footage & coverage.