U.S. 10th Army Air Force in India during World War II. Jeep and truck pass in front of operations building. U.S. Army EMs (Enlisted Members) direct natives. Natives load tires on a truck.
U.S. 10th Army Air Force in India during World War II. Two mechanics on stand, work on U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator engine. One mechanic stops working and sits down. A man hands a bill to other man, he reads it, takes off cap and yells. Bill reads 'Attention 250 WACs'.
United States 10th Army Air Force on Thanksgiving Day in India during World War II. Airmen watch baseball game being played on a field. An Indian boy with catcher's glove. Audience comprising of soldiers watch the game. Two African American soldiers seated. Several views of a baseball game. African American soldiers cheering.
United States 10th Army Air Force on Thanksgiving Day in India during World War II. African American Platoon performs a drill on a field. An African American soldier shoulders a rifle.
Penicillin treatment of wounded American soldiers in action during World War II.at Halloran General Hospital in Staten Island, New York. Doctor packs penicillin into deep buttock wound. Nurse injects substance into a patient's arm. Doctor packs thigh wound with a penicillin.
Film begins showing a group of African American paratroopers from the U.S. Army 555th Parachute Infantry Company (nicknamed the Triple Nickels) in Fort Benning, Georgia during World War 2. African American soldiers are inspecting their parachutes, laid out on a long table. One of them is a staff sergeant. Next, they don their helmets and then put on their backpack parachutes. Views of them adjusting their parachutes. Closeup of a Technical Sergeant assisting a Master Sergeant with his gear. The troopers double time in a line to an area for inspection. Their static lines are folded on their backpacks, and they hold their reserve chute against their stomachs. A sergeant gives them a final inspection, and they double time to a parked C-47 transport airplane that they board. Glimpse from inside the aircraft as they mount the stairs to the cabin. Next are several glimpses of troopers exiting the aircraft with their static lines hooked to the inside of the C-47. Change of scene shows view from window of a C-47, as a group of troopers begin boarding the aircraft. View along the side of a C-47 transport plane troopers' white parachutes open as they jump from the aircraft. They float away down and behind the aircraft. Aerial view of troopers jumping from left rear door of a C-47 transport plane in flight.
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