https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/6a646bc5-6847-4774-a5d0-ff94d963fa2f Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Filmed by an unknown cameraman, this home movie footage shows soldiers on parade, and U.S. Marines of the 5th Division embarking on a ship, most likely heading off to WWII in the Pacific. The material at the head of the film apparently dates to 1943; the second portion of the film probably dates to 1944. Opening: Desert landscape. On a wide track that might be a parade ground, jeeps, Dodge Command Cars and trucks with soldiers on them move in formation as people watch (:08). Family members; a beautiful blonde woman poses with a hat (:53). Trucks of soldiers drive by the crowd; soldiers exit the trucks and walk (1:22). A radio operator moves a reel of wire with his foot (2:30). New location, possibly San Diego or Camp Pendelton. Marines rest in the heat; some smoke cigarettes (2:52). Marines line up, stand with their gear at the ready (3:27). Marines walk up a ramp to a ship, one of them holds a sign that says "5-2" which might indicate 5th Marine Division, 2nd Battalion (3:49). An officer observes men boarding the transports (4:38). A group of soldiers walk towards a ship; Officers smoke cigarettes (4:55). At (5:08) an officer with what appears to be the 5th Marine Division patch on his shoulder shares a word with a Navy or Coast Guard officer, possibly the captain of one of the transports. This may very well be Major General Keller E. Rockey. Marines walk up a ramp onto a ship, some salute (5:48). An unidentified officer with two stars on his shoulders puts binoculars on (6:40). Sailors pull up the anchors and ropes for the ship (6:51). A ship starts to leave port (7:33) and the engine telegraph is used to inform the engine room to get underway. Some sailors climb rope on the side of the ship (7:54). An officer climbs aboard ship (8;01). Ship starts to pull out to sea; camouflage dazzle paint scheme is clearly visible (8:41). Sailors in blue jeans tie ropes and move them (8:58). The ship visible in the background at 9:18 appears to be USS Barnstable (PA-93), a Bayfield-class attack transport. An assault landing craft is hoisted by the ship with sailors onboard (9:57). Women -- mothers, wives, sisters and girlfriends -- stare at the ship as it departs (10:28). A tugboat helps the Victory ship out (10:33). Sailors relax on the ship as it makes its way across the Pacific (10:47). A sailor hoists some flags (11:12). Military Officers on the ship use a sextant to get a position reading (11:36). A sailor pulls down some flags (12:17). A blimp flies anti-submarine patrol over the convoy (12:27). A gun on the ship has a Japanese flag on it, indicating it destroyed a Japanese ship or more likely, an aircraft (13:06). A landing craft infantry (LCI) is lowered by cables down into the water (13:30). Marines climb down the side on a rope wall to get to the smaller boat (13:51). The 5th Marine Division was activated in 1943 at Camp Pendleton, California. The 5th saw its first combat at the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 where it sustained the highest number of casualties of the three Marine divisions of the V Amphibious Corps (invasion force). The 5th Division was to be part of the planned invasion of the Japan homeland before Japan surrendered. Assault troops of the 5th Division were included in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the V Amphibious Corps for extraordinary heroism on Iwo Jima. The unit was deactivated on 5 February 1946. Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey commanded the Fifth Marine Division in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army), and Distinguished Service Medal (Navy). 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