A picture of German leader Adolf Hitler. Footage of Pearl Harbor attack by Japan during World War 2. A reenactment shows landing of Operation Pastorius would-be saboteurs in Long Island, New York and presence of the FBI at the site collecting evidence the Germans had buried. Evidence of their plots to bomb various sites in the United States is collected by the FBI and presented to the United States Military. Views of some of their captured equipment and uniforms. Faces of the Operation Pastorius captured criminals (who included George John Dasch, Ernst Peter Burger, Herbert Haupt, Heinrich Heinck, Eddie Kerling, Herman Otto Neubauer, Richard Quirin, Werner Thiel) during their military tribunal hearing in July - August 1942.
Animated map shows Saipan, Marian Islands. Animation shows U.S. forces acquiring the island from the Japanese during World War II. Advancement of Task Force 58 with battleships and destroyers. Animation shows bombardment by Group 1 and Group 2 on the island. Fire Support Units fire at the Japanese. The gun boat support group advances towards the beach.
U.S. forces battle against Japanese on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War 2. Pilot in the cockpit of 19th Fighter Squadron P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft. P-61s of the 6th Night Fighter Squadron, including "Midnight Mickey." Wreckage of Japanese tanks and artillery. Animated map shows territories occupied by U.S. forces.
United States President Harry S. Truman, and his party, make unplanned stop at RAF Station Harrowbeer during return from the last 4-Power meeting of World War 2, held at Berlin in July, 1945. (Their planned destination, RAF Station St Mawgan, was fogged in. So the President instructed his pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Henry T. Myers, to land at Harrowbeer, when they saw it was clear.) Truman descends steps from the Presidential Airplane (Douglas VC-54C named the "Sacred Cow," used by Presidents Roosevelt, and Truman). Two other C-54 aircraft have also arrived (unseen). One carried Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, who poses with the President and three members of the British WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) identified as: Section Officer Eira Buckland Jones, Corporal Clarice Turner, and Leading Aircraft Woman Audley Bartlett. Views from inside car taking members of Presidential party to Plymouth Harbor. Groups of local people wave as the car passes through the English countryside. Larger numbers of spectators line the streets of the city of Plymouth. View of Plymouth Harbor from launch taking members of President's party out to the USS Augusta, anchored in Plymouth Sound (not seen).
United States Secretary of Navy John H. Chafee arrives on USS Saratoga in the United States. John H Chafee is greeted by Captain Warren H Oniel, Commanding Officer of USS Saratoga. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral David Richardson is greeted by Captain Warren H Oniel. Officials converse with each other and pose for a photograph. Dignitaries don Mae West or life jackets before boarding a U.S. Navy Kaman UH-2C Seasprite helicopter.
U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville in Rhode Island, United States. Trainees undergo squadron maneuvers. A number of Patrol Torpedo Boats underway. One of the Patrol Torpedo Boat takes a sharp turn in front of other boats advancing in a line. A trainee named Smith operates a gun on a boat and shoots a target in the air. (World War 2 period.)
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