The First Fighters in New Guinea 1942-1944

[Rjel]

Found this on the National Archives page on Youtube.

 

[=362nd_FS=Hiromachi]

Absolutely stunning material Rjel ! Thank you so much for bringing this. It shows for me the real beauty of this green hell New Guinea was. 

[DD_Arthur]

Rjel that was great!  What a brilliant source.  

 

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[Rjel]

Rjel that was great!  What a brilliant source.

 

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Yuppers. Directed by film great John Ford.

Edited February 25, 2017 by Rjel

[Bando]

Thanks!!

[Finkeren]

That was great!

[Feathered_IV]

Fantastic.  Really enjoyed watching that, never mind that they were actually the second fighters over New Guinea.

The midway video is an interesting one too.  Unless I'm mistaken that's a very young Henry Fonda doing some of the voiceovers.

[Rjel]

Fantastic.  Really enjoyed watching that, never mind that they were actually the second fighters over New Guinea.

The midway video is an interesting one too.  Unless I'm mistaken that's a very young Henry Fonda doing some of the voiceovers.

It is Fonda, who also went into the Navy as did John Ford. Fonda wasn't so very young, being 37 at the time this documentary was released.

[ZachariasX]

Amazing footage!