General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. BATTLE OF MIDWAY---PART II

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. BATTLE OF MIDWAY---PART II

1944

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1) AV SBDs pass over task force-SV.2) MS F6Fs & SBDs take off from CV-SV.3) MS Men fire 20 & 40MM & 5" guns at Japanese plane, flak in sky.4) MS Plane is hit, burns, falls into water.5) MCU Pilots in cockpit, get out of plane.6) GV Damaged bldgs. & Japanese planes at Midway-SV.7) MS PBY crew picks up survivors - SV.8) MS Survivors on stretchers placed in ambulance, drives away.9) GV-Pan Damaged hospital, wreckage of "Red Cross".10) MS Burial services; caskets draped with flags.11) MS Marines fire salute.12) MCU Men salute, Major Roosevelt salutes.13) MS Burial at sea - SV.14) MS Marine looks through binoculars.15) GV Smoke & flame rise from burning buildings.16) MS Paint brush crosses out signs indicating lost Japanese aircraft -SV.QUALITY: GOOD

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Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991

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James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The oldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II. He served as an official Secretary to the President and in the United States House of Representatives representing California....