Scenes like this took place on every battlefront of the world.  Blood plasma was used in 97 out of every 100 casualties.  Thanks to the willing response of millions of blood donors many a wounded man, such as the US Marine above survived their injuries.

A Wounded Marine

British-born Louis Hayward (now a U.S. citizen) chose the non-glamorous job of combat photographer when he joined the Marines in 1941.  As a captain, he headed the crack combat film unit at Tarawa, where he won the Bronze Star.  This picture shows him after the fighting ended there.  In 1944 he was given an honorable discharge.

Actor Louis Hayward - U.S. Marines

A documentary, "Target-Japan" was requested by the Navy to remind the public that the war in the Pacific had only begun.  Barring no holds, this showed the terrible cost (above) of American victories over the Japanese, stressed the price of other victories still to be won.  In their sobering influence on national thought, such films as this filled a vital wartime role.