MOT 1942: JAPANESE AIR FORCES: AERIAL WS Guadalcanal Island coastline. LA TU US Corporal soldier w/ radio looking up. AERIAL WS Unidentified aircraft in flight, possibly bombers. WS (POV Aircraft) PAN Japanese planes in single line...

/ Captured Japanese soldiers walk slowly through the jungle, looking at the camera / Japanese POWs sitting behind the barbed wire walls of a POW camp / soldier performs a search of POW's clothing / bare chested young boys sitting in a...

An Army nurse applies lipstick as a soldier looks over her shoulder.

Brave Marines fight for the United States at the Battle of the Pacific at Guadalcanal in 1942.

/ Major General Alexander Vandegrift narrates as an aircraft carrier shoots guns on the ocean / airplane flying overhead. Coordination of Military during Guadalcanal Campaign on January 01, 1943 in Solomon Islands (Footage by Getty Images)

Tavanipupu Scenes in the Soloman Islands

/ Airplanes at Henderson Field / CU noses with grafitti names on them, 'Spook', 'Boomerang', 'Leis Lady' / airplane in sky. Airplanes at Guadalcanal during WWII on January 01, 1943 in Solomon Islands (Footage by Getty Images)

/ soldiers milling about making repairs after bombing of Henderson Field / soldiers dig a plane out of the dirt / tractors smoothing out the runway / plane lands on freshly repaired runway. Guadalcanal's Henderson Field on January 01,...

/ airplane squadrons flying overhead / liberty bell swinging and 'V' for Victory appearing onscreen. WWII 'V' for Victory on January 01, 1943 in Solomon Islands (Footage by Getty Images)

/ Major General Alexander Vandegrift discussing the Guadalcanal campaign in his office / dead bodies littering the beach / bombing of Henderson Field. WWII Guadalcanal Campaign on January 01, 1943 in Solomon Islands (Footage by Getty...

/ American soldiers in trenches in the jungle / soldiers marching through the jungle / soldiers cross a bridge palm trees in the background / LS of soldiers coming out of the jungle towards the beach in a long line / three rifles...

/ US Naval ships at sea / airplanes flying overhead. Navy fleet at Guadalcanal during WWII on January 01, 1943 in Solomon Islands (Footage by Getty Images)

/ Major General Alexander Vandegrift standing behind a metal desk with military recruitment posters in the background / discusses his time in command during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Major General Alexander Vandegrift talking about WWII...

/ Major General Alexander Vandegrift narrates: 'Do not however mistake my meaning - I say we will conquer but that conquest will not be easy - It will demand the best in every one of us.' Major General Alexander Vandegrift Talking About...

/ CU of nails attached to the bottom of a Japanese soldier's shoes / soldiers quickly scales a tree trunk. Japanese soldier climbs tree during WWII on January 01, 1943 in Solomon Islands (Footage by Getty Images)

/ Major General Alexander Vandegrift narrates as bravery medals are pinned on soldiers / CU soldier's medal on his chest / smiling troops. Bravery medals given to Guadalcanal troops on January 01, 1943 in Solomon Islands (Footage by...

/ Hospital station sign on a tree / soldiers and wounded in hospital tent / soldiers standing in a long line with their backs to the camera. WWII hospital facilities at Guadalcanal on January 01, 1943 in Solomon Islands (Footage by Getty...

/ Major General Alexander Vandegrift narrates as soldiers in shorts without shirts carry supplies from the boats to the shore / supplies are piled up in the back of trucks. Supplies for WWII Guadalcanal Campaign on January 01, 1943 in...

/ Major General Alexander Vandegrift narrates as Marines climb from ship down to dingy weighed down by packs and rifles / ocean full of battle ships and small boats / boat full of troops pulls up to the shore / soldiers walk through the...

Eddie Rickenbacker speaks as he sits before microphones after his return from being lost at sea in 1942; SOT he describes his gratitude for those who rescued his party, commends US servicemen in New Guinea and Guadalcanal who are...

William & Catherine in Marau, Soloman Islands