Experience a day in the life of the courageous sailors who armed American bombers and fighter planes during WWII. This rare footage offers a glimpse inside the dangerous munitions operations aboard a naval vessel. Watch as sailors expertly assemble massive 2,000 lb. bombs and load them into elevators destined for aircraft on the flight deck above. Witness the intense coordination required to keep planes fully armed with 500 lb. and 2,000 lb. bombs while far out at sea. Though their work was largely unseen, these brave men were crucial to winning aerial battles and ultimately the war itself. Their tireless efforts fueled the air raids that struck decisive blows against the enemies of freedom.<br /><br />#WWII #USNavy #Munitions #Bombs #FighterPlanes #NavalVessel #BelowDeck #BombAssembly #Ordnance #WorldWar2 #GreatestGeneration #1940s #PacificTheater #EuropeanTheater #NavalOperations #AerialWarfare #MilitaryOperations #Armaments #AmericanHistory #WorldHistory #MilitaryHistory #WarHistory #BombElevator #FlightDeck #NavalAviation #AircraftCarrier #BombingRaids #WW2Veterans #TheGoodWar #MilitaryLife #NavyLife, #WWII, #USNavy, #Munitions, #Bombs, #FighterPlanes, #NavalVessel, #BelowDeck, #BombAssembly, #Ordnance, #WorldWar2, #GreatestGeneration, #1940s, #PacificTheater, #EuropeanTheater, #NavalOperations, #AerialWarfare, #MilitaryOperations, #Armaments, #AmericanHistory, #WorldHistory, #MilitaryHistory, #WarHistory, #BombElevator, #FlightDeck, #NavalAviation, #AircraftCarrier, #BombingRaids, #WW2Veterans, #TheGoodWar, #MilitaryLife, #NavyLife, #WW2, #WorldWarII, #USMilitary, #NavalHistory, #WWIIHistory, #Militaria, #WW2Photos, #WW2Videos, #WW2Footage, #WW2ColorFootage, #RareWW2, #BomberPlanes, #FighterJets, #AerialCombat, #Dogfight, #Aviation, #AviationLovers, #AvGeek, #MilitaryAviation, #NavalAviation, #Bombers, #Ordnancemen, #MunitionsExperts, #Sailors, #Seamen, #Swabbies, #OldSalts, #Deckhands, #BoatswainsMates, #DamageControl, #ShipsCompany, #NavalOperations, #AmphibiousOperations, #PacificTheaterWW2, #WarInThePacific, #PearlHarbor, #BattleOfMidway, #IslandHopping, #BattleOfLeyteGulf, #BattleOfThePhilippineSea, #BattleOfGuadalcanal, #BattleOfIwoJima, #BattleOfOkinawa, #Hiroshima, #Nagasaki, #VEday, #VJday, #RosieTheRiveter, #WartimeProduction, #ArsenalOfDemocracy, #WW2PropagandaPosters, #BuyWarBonds, #ScrapDrives, #Rationing, #VictoryGardens, #KilroyWasHere, #WW2PinupGirls, #NoseArt, #WomenInWW2, #WACS, #WAVES, #Nurses, #CodeTalkers, #TuskegeeAirmen, #RedBallExpress, #Holocaust, #ConcentrationCamps, #NaziGermany, #BerlinBlockade, #VictoryInEurope, #Liberation, #HistoryBuffs, #HistoryNerds, #MilitaryBuffs, #WW2Reenactors, #LivingHistory, #Skirmish, #AirShow, #BomberGroups, #B17, #B24, #B29, #Lancaster, #Wellington, #Halifax, #Stirling, #Mosquito, #Spitfire, #Hurricane, #P51Mustang, #P38Lightning, #F4UCorsair, #F6FHellcat, #Bf109, #Fw190, #Me262, #V1, #V2, #AirWar, #StrategicBombing, #PinpointBombing, #AirSupremacy, #Fighters, #Bombers, #SBD, #TBF, #USAAF, #Luftwaffe, #RAF, #8thAirForce, #15thAirForce, #20thAirForce, #NightWitches, #WomanPilot, #AcePilot, #BattleOfBritain, #TheFew, #TheirFinestHour, #FinestGeneration, #Courage, #Valor, #Duty, #Honor, #SelfSacrifice, #ServingOthersBeforeSelf, #NeverForget, #RememberThem, #SaluteTheVeterans, #ThankAVet<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQPnhFOege0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQPnhFOege0</a>