A young Chinese boy is adopted by the U.S. 14th Army Air Force deployed in China during World War II. Officers of the U.S. Army Air Force welcome the little 4 year old boy named Tiger Joe in their office. Officers clean him in a bathroom and then dress him as a GI. Tiger Joe at a desk as Assistant First Sargent. He stands during inspection of drills. An officer arranges his uniform and gun. He marches behind all other GIs.
River travel in China. Several Chinese boats in a river which runs between high mountains. Natives on shore pull boats upstream. Laborers pull boats from mountain roads. Laborers strain to pull the craft. A man sits on boat with an oar.
U.S. Army chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, steps from his C-54 transport airplane and is met by Lieutenant General Albert C. Wedemeyer, as he arrives in Shanghai, china, right after World War 2. (He has been dispatched to China by President Truman, in attempt to facilitate peace between the the Chinese Nationalists and the Communists.) Marshall, Wedemeyer, and an American diplomat, salute as an honor guard (not seen) presents the colors. Scene shifts to a small motorcade through Shanghai. Chinese police and U.S. Military Police, have set up lines to control large crowd of American service personnel in uniform who gather to greet General Marshall as he enters the Cathay Hotel.
A U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 transport follows a jeep to park at airport in Nanking, china, capital of the Nationalist Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Government of Chiang Kai-shek. Chinese Air Force P-51 aircraft are seen parked on the ramp in background. General George C. Marshall, on Presidential mission to facilitate peace between KMT and Communists, steps from the airplane and is greeted by Chinese Generals Shang Chen; Ho Yin Chin; and U.S. Lieutenant General Wedemeyer and American Ambassador to China, Patrick Hurley. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek personally escorts General Marshall to a waiting staff car.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), wife of Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing (Chungking), China. Madame climbs down a ladder and is helped by two officers. People greet her at Chongqing Airport. Madame walks towards a car parked at the airport. Madame Chiang escorted by Chinese officers. She enters a building. Other Chinese dignitaries enter the building. C-54 Skymaster at the airport. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek walks towards the building. Chinese officers stand near a car. Madame and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, walks followed by Chinese officers. The General and wife getting into the car. The car leaves.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), wife of Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing (Chungking), China. A banquet hall in Chongqing. Madame and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek dining with U.S. officers and Chinese officers. A Chinese man serves food to Chiang Kai-shek. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek eating with chop sticks. Madame eating with chopsticks. Madame Chiang awarding medals to U.S. officers and noncommissioned officers. (World War II period).