General Walter Kruger on his visit to United States 11th Airborne Division reviews troops in Lipa, Philippines. He pins up medals to Major General Joseph Swing and other officers. Paratroopers jump from C-46 aircrafts and float to earth. Two planes two gliders as one of the gliders cuts loose and lands. Soldiers march in a review. (World War II period).
General Douglas McArthur and Major General Spencer B. Akin wait at an airport for the arrival of United States War Manpower Commissioner, Paul V McNutt. McNutt, also the High Commissioner of the Philippine Commonwealth during World War II, arrives and General McArthur greets him and other members of the party as they get off the plane.
Damaged American gliders at a field in Aparri, Philippines. United States 11th Airborne Division paratroopers advance across grassy fields and roads.
United States 11th Airborne Division paratroopers advance across grassy fields and roads in Aparri, Philippines. Some of them move in a jeep. Paratroopers set up machine guns.
United States 11th Airborne Division jump school at Lipa strip in Batangas province of Philippines. A parachute instructor addresses the students and shows how a parachute opens by pulling it from a man's back and drawing it along a table. Students listen to the instructor.
United States 11th Airborne Division jump school at Lipa strip in Batangas province of Philippines. Students learn to jump from a tower at the school.
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