INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR showing American troops capturing an island from the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean has remerged this week, giving Britons a rare glimpse into the war in the Pacific. Video from America???s Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign shows planes falling out of the skies in balls of flames as American and Japanese fighter jets squared off in the skies above. Further footage shows the US bombarding the Japanese-held islands with artillery before launching a land invasion, with clips showing troops narrowly avoiding hails of bullets also featured in the footage / mediadrumworld.com