United States 92nd Infantry Division consisting of African American soldiers in Italy during World War II. General Mark W. Clark awards badges to several African American soldiers of 370th Regimental Combat Division of 92nd Infantry in Italy. He presents soldiers with Combat Infantryman Badges, during World War 2. Troops lined up in formation behind those being recognized. Atop a hill, in the background, the Village of Peccioli (Pisa) can be seen.
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base camp operations in Phu Bai near Hue, Vietnam. 82nd Airborne insignia on TOC (Tactical Operations Center). MP (Military police) on guard at the entrance to tent. U.S. soldiers lined up for mess. Soldiers move through mess line and being served on paper plates. Sign reads 'Phu Bai 2 Km.'. (Vietnam War period. This camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969).
P-51s of U.S. Army Air Forces 332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) fly in various formations at Ramitelli Airfield, Termoli, Italy, during World War 2. A squadron of 332nd P51s flies low over the field in flights of four aircraft. They fly in various formations at various altitudes. Returning to land, each flight comes over the runway in formation, at very low altitude, and then each P-51 peels off in a climbing 360 overhead pattern to land on the runway.
Soldiers of the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, comprising Americans of Japanese ancestry, participate in a ceremony marking completion of their basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, in World War 2. Opening scene shows them assembling in wooded area of the camp. Their color guard marches between the formations. Brigadier General George Matthew Halloran, Camp Commander, and two other officers, salute the colors. Scene shifts to civilian friends and relatives of soldiers, seated in chairs beside the reviewing stand. Camera pans right, past officers on the reviewing stand, military band musicians seated in background, and the color guard, to troops at attention. Next, all present, including civilians, are seen standing and saluting, as the National Anthem is being played. Final scenes show General Halloran and a Colonel, conversing with officers of the 442nd.
U.S. 6th Marines, 22nd Regiment and 2nd Battalion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Smoke rises from a grenade explosion. A Japanese soldier lying on the ground is shot with a pistol by a U.S. Marine and is dragged out of a culvert under a roadway. A native or a prisoner is seen crouched and looking into a cave hole. A phosphorous grenade is thrown into the culvert that passes under the road.
Post prohibition reenactments of Speakeasy days in Manhattan. Automobiles parked along West 52nd Street in New York City. Taxi and cars move along street. Federal agents present written warrant, and force their way into 21Club. Interiors of bar show men and women drinking. Beer sign in the background reads 'Guinness is Good for you'. Man shovels liquor bottles into trash bin. Several men dressed in suits, with boutonnieres in their lapels, drink and talk. The hand of a man at the door pushes a buzzer to alert others that Federal agents have arrived.
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