General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. INVASION OF PELELIU: MARINES ADVANCE; Japanese PRISONERS

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. INVASION OF PELELIU: MARINES ADVANCE; Japanese PRISONERS

1944

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1) MS Officers salute at flag-raising ceremonies.2) CU Marine bugler.3) GV Tanks move across open space, cub plane passes BG.4) MS-CU Men in communications center use telephone.5) CU Man draws on situation chart6) MS-CU Line of Marines moves across open space7) MS Men advance thru devastated area-SV.8) MS Man approaches dead Marine, investigates, walks on.9) GV Large group of men around tank.10) MS-CU Man fires BAR from shell hole.11) MS-Pan Men crouch awaiting word to advance.12) MS Man fires bazooka.13) MS Japanese prisoners carry Japanese wounded on stretcher-SV14) MS Army troops arrive as relief, march thru mud & rain-SV.15) MS-CU Men fire rifles at Japanese in caves-SV.16) MCU Adm. Halsey in jeep.17) MS Adm. Halsey, Gens. Rupertus & Julian Smith.QUALITY: POOR, HAZY.

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Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959

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William Frederick Halsey Jr. (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He was called "Bill" by his family and friends and nicknamed "Bull" by the press. He is one of four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being Ernest King, William Leahy, and Chester W. Nimitz. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Halsey graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1904. He served in the Gr...