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In 1943, the U.S. and Japan fought over a tiny atoll in the Pacific called Kwajalein.
1943年，美国和日本在太平洋上争夺一个叫做瓜加林环礁的小环礁。
At the time it was an important Japanese base.
当时它是一座重要的日本基地。
After a short but bloody battle, the United States took over,
在短暂而血腥的战斗之后，美国接管了它，
turning the island into its own base of operations for the rest of World War II.
并在二战后期把它变成了自己的军事基地。
Today, Kwajalein atoll is still a restricted US military base.
如今，瓜加林环礁仍是美国辖制的军事基地。
But the remains of the battle are everywhere, some visible and some hidden.
但它上面的战争遗迹到处都是，有些是可见的，有些是隐藏的。
Hi, I'm Jonathan Bird and welcome to my world!
嗨，我是乔纳森·伯德，欢迎来到我的世界！
Right below the boat is a silent graveyard of ships sunk by the United States during the battle.
船的正下方是由美国在战斗中沉没的船只形成的无声墓地。
More than 20 ships and dozens of airplanes lie on the bottom of Kwajalein lagoon
20多艘船与几十架飞机躺在瓜加林环礁泻湖的底部，
right where they sank more than 50 years ago.
它们已经沉了50多年了。
Today the Blue World crew is headed out in search of an area called the "airplane graveyard."
今天，“蓝色世界”的工作人员将前往寻找一个叫做“飞机墓地”的区域。
This area of the lagoon is littered with hundreds of U.S. warplanes that were discarded at the end of the war
环礁湖的这一区域散落着数百架在战争结束时被丢弃的美国战机。
because they were too damaged to be saved.
它们破损得太严重了，难以挽救。
The graveyard includes one of the most complete collections of World War II military aircraft anywhere in the world.
该墓地有一个世界上最完整的二战军用飞机收藏。
Before every dive the team members carefully double check each other's gear.
每次潜水前，队员们都要仔细检查对方的装备。
The dive site is more than 120 feet down.
潜水地点在120英尺以下。
We must be extra vigilant with safety.
我们必须对安全格外警惕。
The decompression lines are lowered into the water, and finally we descend.
减压线沉到了水中，最后我们都下水了。
I'm the last one in and I'll be filming the exploration.
我是最后一个入水的，我要拍摄探险过程。
First we discover the wreck of a Corsair, nose down in the sand.
我们最先发现一架海盗式战斗机的残骸，它机头朝下。
This plane was pushed off a barge more than fifty years ago.
这架飞机是五十多年前从驳船上推下来的。
It landed on its nose and stayed upright ever since.
它机头着地，从那时起就一直这样直立着。
Sections of wing without covering show the areas that had fabric instead of metal skin.
它的机翼部分没被覆盖，这表明该区域曾是布料，而不是金属外皮。
The fabric has long since decomposed.
这种布料早已腐烂了。
The F4U Corsair, manufactured by Vought aircraft, was a peppy little fighter plane.
由沃特（Vought）飞机工业公司制造的F4U海盗式战斗机是一种灵活的小型战斗机。
The military rejected it at first because it couldn't land on a carrier deck.
军方起初因它不能降落在航母甲板上而排斥它。
But after modifications the Corsair went on to become one of the most famous and successful airplanes of World War II..
但经过改装，海盗战斗机成为二战中最著名、最成功的飞机之一。
The Corsair had one of the most powerful engines available and a huge propeller,
海盗式战斗机曾拥有一种最强有力的引擎和一个巨大的螺旋桨，
which gave the plane an odd shape with bent wings.
这让它们造型奇特，机翼弯曲。
But it was fast by World War II standards, 400 miles an hour. But few were preserved.
但按照二战标准，它的速度非常快，时速达到400英里。但这种飞机很少被保存。
Of the almost 13,000 Corsairs built, only a handful are still flying, like this one, restored to its former glory.
在建造的近1万3千架海盗式战斗机中，只有少数仍在飞行，恢复了它们以前的辉煌，比如这架。
Most of them lie, silent and forgotten, in places like this, Kwajalein Atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
大多数都静静地躺在某个地方，比如太平洋中部的瓜加林环礁，被人遗忘了。
Not far away from the Corsair we find a dauntless dive bomber.
在离海盗式战斗机不远的地方，我们发现了一架无畏式俯冲轰炸机。
There are dozens of these scattered throughout the airplane graveyard.
在飞机墓地里散布着许多这样的轰炸机。
The holes on the trailing edge of the wings are the air brakes-used to slow the plane while diving on a bomb run.
它机翼后缘的洞是空气制动器，用于减慢飞机俯冲时的速度。
This plane has an extra propeller in its cockpit.
这架飞机的驾驶舱多了一个螺旋桨。
The dauntless was the standard dive bomber on aircraft carriers through most of the war.
在战争的大部分时间，无畏式俯冲轰炸机是航空母舰上的标准潜水轰炸机。
It was one of the planes used in the initial air attacks on Kwajalein Atoll.
它是在瓜加林环礁上空首次空袭使用的飞机之一。
The dauntless was considered obsolete when World War II began.
在二战开始时，无畏式俯冲轰炸机被认为是过时的。
The navy had planned to retire the plane before Pearl Harbor,
海军在珍珠港事件之前曾计划让该飞机退役，
but with aircraft in short supply, it continued to be used throughout the war.
但由于飞机供应短缺，整个战争期间它仍在使用。
