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Army Signal Corps receive and send messages via various methods in World War II; Pentagon signal center operations.
The role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in combat during World War 2. Submarine cables laid down by the Signal Corps. Soldiers operate field army communication equipment for communication within and between units. Soldiers talk over the radio in a military jeep. American soldiers employ communication equipment seated at a table in a camp. A U.S. Army Signal Officer goes through documents. An officer receives a message in Washington DC. The message is relayed from the State Department to the Signal Center in the Pentagon building. Exterior views of the Pentagon building circa 1943 or 1944. Inside the Army Communications Signal Center in the Pentagon, technicians work using various communication equipment. They receive messages punched on tape as the tapes emerge from machines. Workers encoding and decoding secret and confidential messages that run the war. Workers at the 'Traffic Control, Army Command and Administrative System'. Paper messages seen gliding across a track near the ceiling above a signboard. A man inserts and removes cables from switchboard slots. The plans are then passed on in code through a maze of antennas all over the world. An animated map depicts the sending of these messages by radio multi-channels, radio teletypes, and manual radios to the front lines. A vast network of Army communication system from Washington DC to the rest of the world to carry a message around the world in three and a half minutes.
Harry S Truman becomes the Vice President and then takes over as President of the United States.
Harry S Truman and other officials work on some documents. Truman's Vice Presidential campaign. People hold boards reading 'Truman for Vice President' during Democratic National Convention of 1944. Vice President Truman with President Franklin D Roosevelt. View of the exterior of the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. Soldiers and horses with Roosevelt's casket during funeral of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A crowd at the Washington Monument. The United States flag at half staff on the White House. Truman addresses the Congress. He talks about cooperation and duty. Nazi German Axis soldiers surrender during World War II in Europe. A large crowd at Broadway celebrates VE Day in New York City. The first atomic bomb mushroom cloud billows into the sky over New Mexico during the Trinity atomic bomb test. Signing of Japanese surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri at the end of World War 2. Japanese official Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs documents, then General Douglas MacArthur signs documents, and presents a pen to General Wainwright standing behind him. An American official takes a seat and goes through some documents. An officer reads documents at a table as soldiers stand by and watch.
U.S. bomber crews at 127th Replacement Battalion site, Washington Hall, Chorley, Lancashire, England during World War II
U.S. bomber crew members on leave in England while awaiting final orders to return home to the USA, during World War 2. A sign reads 'Officers Entrance Red Cross Aeroclub'. U.S. airmen and officers have drinks and snacks in a garden, compliments of the Red Cross, at the aeroclub of 127th Replacement Battalion site, Washington Hall, Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire. The airmen line up in formation for a retreat ceremony and salute as the American flag is lowered and folded by Military Police. An announcement over Loudspeakers prompts the fliers to rush toward Squadron "O" Bulletin Board to find their names on the list of those scheduled to return home to the USA. One flier wears a leather jacket with image of B-17 named "American Beauty" and 36 bombs (for missions) painted on it. Another wears jacket with image of a B-24 and 31 bombs, and one has room only for the name,"Piccadilly Willy," because the rest of the jacket contains bombs for 65 combat missions. Army Air Forces Methodist Chaplain, Clifford Peace, from North Carolina, conducts a brief service of blessings and good wishes for the fliers who will now be returning home.
The freighter SS Yorkmar aground, awaits re-floating, on a beach near Grays Harbor, Washington State, United States
The freighter SS Yorkmar, owned by the Bethlehem Steel Company, and operated by the Calmar Line, is aground on an open beach north of Grays Harbor, Washington State, United States. A ship's officer and some members of the crew are seen briefly,on the shore. A Coast Guard helicopter hovers over her stern while carrying a line out to the ship from the shore. Crew members are seen standing in the water near the Yorkmar,and pulling on a line from the ship to the shore. Others climb a rope ladder up the side of the Yorkmar. The crew remains with the ship awaiting tide to refloat her. (Note: The SS Yorkmar, seen here, should not be confused with a ship of the same name that was torpedoed in 1943. This ship was originally a Liberty Ship, launched in 1944, and named the "Walter Kidde." After the war, she was operated by Calmar SS Corporation of New York and renamed the "Yorkmar," in 1947.)
President Roosevelt signs the Servicemen's Readjustment Act as a center serves war veterans to return to a civilian lifestyle (WW2)
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 at the White House in Washington D.C. during World War II. President Roosevelt at desk as he signs the Servicemen's Readjustment Act. Officials stand in the background. President being greeted by the officials after he signs the bill. The act ensures free education, federal loans, job insurance for war veterans and soldiers. American soldiers enter a center helping the soldiers to adjust to civilian lifestyle. Soldiers getting a massage, read books in a library, draw sketches and work at a farm.
International Labor Conference in Philadelphia; also Funeral of Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox (WW2)
International Labor Conference in Philadelphia during World War II. Exterior of Temple University. A sign reads 'International Labour Conference'. People go into the building. Delegates from 40 nations at the conference. Walter Nash, of New Zealand, the new president of the ILO (International Labor Organization), talks about post war labor problems. Interpreters translate for delegates wearing headphones over their ears. Chinese delegates present. Next portion of clips shows funeral of U.S. Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox on May 1, 1944. The funeral procession along Constitution Avenue, Washington DC. Flag-draped coffin rests on a caisson pulled by horses. Elements of all the three Branches of the military services parade behind the coffin, including women in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) and WACs (Women's Army Corps). As the procession enters Arlington Cemetery, an honor guard of U.S. Navy admirals salute. Military pallbearers carry the casket to the burial site and an honor guard of sailors fire rifle salutes. Admiral Ernest King, Chief of Naval Operations, escorts widow, Mrs. Annie Reid Knox, from the scene.
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