U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower cites G.I. Joe in the United States. General Eisenhower credits Allied Generals with genius, but states that the real hero of the war is G.I. Joe Albergo and his buddies in other armed services of the Allies in World War II.
Japanese kamikaze suicide pilot divers attack hospital ship USS Comfort (AH-6), during action off Okinawa, Japan. Damaged USS Comfort. A sign : 'U.S. Navy ship, USS Comfort'. Wounded nurses and casualties are carried and transfered to a van. Burial services are held at a military cemetery on Guam: coffins draped with the flags of the United States are carried to the cemetery. The nurses who treated the casualties shown mourning. The flag draped coffins. Graves of the Americans and the flag of the United States at the Guam cemetery. (World War II period).
The Iwo Jima flag 7th War Loan drive in Washington DC during World War II. The 7th War Loan drive is underway. Famed Iwo Jima flag raising survivors and heroes, Rene Gagnon, John Bradley, and Ira Hayes stand together outside the U.S. Capitol. Guards stand at attention. Gagnon, Bradley and Hayes raise a flag of the Unites States above the U.S. Capitol to kick off the load drive. The military personnel salute the flag. The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., speaks telling American people of the urgency of buying war bonds.
U.S. submarine patrol in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Periscope view as a Japanese destroyer sinks after being hit by USS Springer in the Pacific Ocean. Smoke rises from the stern of the destroyer. SS class submarine underway on the surface. USS Springer approaches the submarine. Bow of USS Springer in the foreground. Submarine underway at sea.
A U.S. submarine patrol in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. submarine on surface. Men aboard USS Springer in the foreground. A signalman aboard Springer as he sends a light message. U.S. Navy officers and sailors on the bridge of Springer as a man holds a megaphone. An American submarine on the surface. Men on the bow of Springer as they tend a line running between the two submarines. Sailors aboard the second submarine as they prepare to release life raft from their deck. Line from raft runs to Springer. Raft being launched towards Springer. Sailors aboard the Springer submarine pull the raft aboard. Crew members haul raft aboard. SS type submarine underway on surface and USS Springer in the foreground. A crew members leans a 40 mm gun and looks out over water through a binoculars. Springer underway at sea as water washes over the side.
A U.S. submarine patrol in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A U.S. submarine on surface. A U.S. Navy officer speaks to a man on the bridge of the submarine. An officer looks through a long glass and steps back on the bridge. Crew members aboard the submarine. Two officers converse on the bridge of the submarine. Crew member speaks. A man wearing a baseball cap backwards as he talks to another man. An officer wearing a visored cap. A bearded crew member.
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