United States Army soldiers inspect abandoned German ammunition in woods near Kalenborn, Germany during World War II. The soldiers clear foliage from the abandoned ammunition, revealing it to be a 340mm shell with “TS” painted on it. A soldier smoking cigar wipes dust off shell. A Jeep passes by. More abandoned shells found in the woods. German label “Nicht verfeuern M1” (“Don’t burn M1”) on the bottom of shell can. Soldiers open shell can. A soldier pulls out shells, inside white cloth bag, from the can. A man’s finger pointing at shell’s description in German. Shell with words written “MASSENGE RO 113 17 MARCH 45”.
German civilians watch the arrival of United States Army 4th Division Jeeps and vehicles in Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany during World War II. Civilians tearing down roadblock. German civilian men and boys form in a line and pass rocks from roadblock down the line (like a bucket brigade), piling them at side of the road. German boy smiles. One German man smokes a pipe. U.S. Army Jeeps and an M4 tractor towing 155mm gun past the roadblock and through the village streets. German civilians clearing the road for United States Army.
General Henry H. Arnold (Hap Arnold) describes the role of the United States Army Air Force in the Pacific theater of World War II. Flags of the United States and the Army Air Force are seen behind General Arnold. General Arnold seated behind a desk with a nameplate bearing his name. A model aircraft is seen on General Arnold’s right side. “The Army Air Forces play an important part in winning the war. It is equally important to ensure our winning the peace and America remaining what it is today a leading the airpower in the world. You and every American play your part in maintaining the freedom and security which we have all fought by buying and holding bonds,” says General Arnold.
Crates of supplies, trucks, and a crane at a United States Army base in Burma during World War II. Men unloading barrels of oil in Burma. Two of them are wearing Indian turbans. Rows of barrels and sheds with supplies destined for China. Shells to be shipped to China. United States Army troops loading shells into trucks and aircraft. Allied infantries advance under Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft cover. Gun camera view of 1st Air Commando group P-47 fighter strafing Japanese positions and buildings in Central Burma, 90 miles southwest of Mandalay. Some Japanese areas on fire. British infantry advancing on the ground as United States fighters provide cover. Explosion in Japanese installment.
Medics carry Chinese casualties on stretchers to a makeshift hospital in Northern Burma during World War II. U.S. General Joseph Stilwell looks at the wounded being brought in. British surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Seagrave treats wounded Nationalist Chinese casualty. Army doctors and Burmese nurses treating casualties at a makeshift hospital. Wounded soldiers being brought in at night. A Burmese nurse talks to a patient. Gordon Seagrave treats a patient. An army doctor tucks a patient. Wounded Nationalist Chinese soldier smoking cigarette. A patient sleeps on his stomach in a hammock in Ledo, Assam, India.
United States Army troops landing on beaches in the Pacific during World War II. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) carrying troops approach an island. A tracked vehicle carrying U.S. soldiers and supplies wade towards the beach of Saipan. Injured casualties lie on stretchers on the floor. An injured soldier is being carried to an aircraft for evacuation to Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. Recovered soldiers board an aircraft bound for Saipan. A Curtiss C-46 Commando transport plane takes off from Kwajalein airfield. Saipan airfield and surrounding areas show extensive damage after Japanese surrender. Engineers repair a hangar and airstrip on Saipan. Abandoned and damaged Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters in Saipan. A pile of destroyed Japanese aircraft in airfield. Damaged engine of a Mitsubishi Zero. Machines and conveyers mixing and transporting cement for airfield repair. A bulldozer clearing debris. A soldier hammering. Marston Mats laid down on newly repaired Saipan airfield. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft lands in Saipan.
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