Generalissimo of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang-Kai-shek reviews troops in Beijing (Peiping), China after the end of World War II. USMC (United States Marine Corps) General William A. Worton and USMC Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey speak to a Red Cross woman. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek takes off a cape. A marine officer arranges a reviewing stand. Officers are prepared to present awards. Officials salute. Men arrive to receive the awards. The Generalissimo speaks into a microphone. He awards the Order of the Cloud to Lieutenant General Rockey. Lt. Gen. Rockey salutes Generalissimo Shek. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek awards the Order of the Cloud to General Worton. He awards the Bronze Stars to enlisted men. They salute and shake hands with the Generalissimo.
Domestic activities of the United States Coast Guard in the United States during World War II. Men aboard a merchant ship. A marine inspection officer inspects equipment and supplies on the ship. Men working on the ship. The officer inspects the ship for the safety of the crew. Every structural and operational detail is obtained and examined. Smoke from the stacks of the ship. Men working on the deck of the ship. An icebreaker clears a channel for ore carriers in the Great Lakes.
Domestic activities of the United States Coast Guard in the United States during World War II. Smoke from the stacks of a ship. A sign outside a building reads: United States Coast Guard Barge Office'. Coast guardsmen are trained at the office. An officer instructs and trains them. They are trained for port security job. They study sabotage detection. A ship docked in a harbor. Men load supplies onto the ship. They are trained for handling explosives, gasoline and ammunition. Specially trained men load the explosives. A sign on the ship reads: 'No Smoking fire is sabotage'. The coast guards battle a ship fire. They throw water from hoses to control the fire.
Men work in a fertilizer factory in Europe. The men dig out raw manure for production process. They are loaded in trailers and carried to the factory. The processing of fertilizers in the factory. Men work on machines and equipment. Men spray fertilizer in a field.
Re-deployment of U.S. soldiers in Le Havre, France during World War II. A ship at a pier. Soldiers of 35th Division walk up a gangway. They board the ship. The soldiers carry barrack bags. A band plays. Major General Franklin Rose presents a plaque to Corporal Alvan N. Corgers. A Red Cross girl kisses the Cpl before he boards the transport. A rope from the transport is let down to a tug boat. The tug boat tows the transport away from the pier.
Celebration of VJ Day (victory over Japan day) in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia at the end of World War II. Czech girls in native dresses dance in front of a reviewing stand. American, Russian and Czech troops parade through the streets. A Liaison plane drops pamphlets. U.S. Army Major General Ernest Nason Harmon speaks from the reviewing stand. American Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Laurence A. Steinhardt, Russian Colonel General Zhadou and other dignitaries in the background.
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