Wounded U.S. troops are treated on a Pacific island during World War II. A bulldozer moves through a torii. Vehicles driven to a medical hospital. Men clear rubble in the Japanese hospital. Men draw water from a well and pour into a container. A man dips a cloth in the container. A medic observes through a microscope as he works on setting up a laboratory. Water is sprinkled on mud from a tanker. Soldiers enter a division hospital. The soldiers carry an injured on a stretcher. Medics treat patients. A medic washes hands. The medics apply bandages on the injured soldiers. A medic inserts the needle of a blood bottle into a patient.
Wounded American troops are treated on a Pacific island during World War II. Soldiers drive a jeep. A tank moves over a rough land. Wounded soldiers are evacuated from a hospital. Ambulances carrying the injured soldiers are driven in a line. The ambulances halt over a pontoon bridge. Soldiers are taken out of the ambulances and are loaded in landing crafts. A medical ship in the background. Soldiers are treated on the medical ship. A injured on a stretcher is lifted on the medical ship. People move on the ship.
U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle for the Marshall Islands in World War 2. A tractor towing a U.S. Navy fighter aircraft F6F Hellcat with wings folded, along carrier flight deck.. Two ordnance men pushing cart with a 500 pound bomb, along the deck. At dawn U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless aircraft take off in semidarkness. Fire from their engine exhausts visible. Clouds of smoke rising and a large explosion occurs as Japanese aircraft attack U.S. ships.. A gun crew at an anti aircraft gun on the deck. Japanese aircraft flying overhead, in flames. U.S. sailors firing at Japanese aircraft in flight. Another Japanese aircraft shot down by carrier's antiaircraft fire. It crashes into the sea. A large explosion occurs in the water. A Japanese aircraft in low flight drops a torpedoe. A Japanese aircraft is shot down. Another Japanese aircraft is shot down and crashes in carrier's wake. SBDs and F6F aircraft parked on the deck of the carrier.
Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police (MPs) throughout the world. An MP checks credentials of American driver in a 1955 Oldsmobile, at a Base checkpoint in Germany. An MP wearing patch of Army Support Command-Europe on his shoulder, obtains directions from a local Policeman in Europe. U.S. Army trucks move through a checkpoint manned by MP, in Pointe de Grasse, France. MPs of the 728th Battalion, in Korea. They are seated in a jeep, with a Korean counterpart in the back seat. The U.S. MPs wear patches of 7th Logistical Command on their uniform sleeves. Military Police units and jeeps pass in review at a parade in Fort Gordon, Georgia.
U.S. Navy Seabees (Construction Battalion) construct Bailey bridge in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Seabees construct a Bailey bridge. They install metal beams. Seabees lay planking on deck of Bailey bridge. Seabees pull Bailey bridge into position.
Dramatization shows production is halted by a mica shortage until a substitute is found, United States. American workers work on production of walkie-talkies. Mica is used as small radio part in radio production. Production is halted by a mica shortage. A man talks to a client of mica in his office. Engineers work on mica rock. Engineers blast a mine. Mine explodes. Engineers use shovel and hammer to find mica. An engineer finds inferior mica. Women workers working in factory with mica sheets for radio production. Cartons of mica. These are packed and sealed. Sealed cartons are transported.