"I was there Kiska" An American Private 1st Class shares his experiences during Allied landing at Kiska Island at Alaska in World War II. American soldiers disembark from a landing craft and move ashore without any resistance from Japanese troops. A Japanese hangar and submarine base destroyed by Allied bombings. Abandoned supplies, damaged trucks, antiaircraft guns. A tunnel leads to a hospital.
U.S. forces occupy abandoned Japanese outpost on Kiska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska during World War II. An American soldier samples Japanese rice ration and another drinks a bottle of Japanese beer. Maj. Gen. Charles H. Corlett, Commander of Amphibious Force 9, Lt. Gen. John L. Dewitt Commander of Western Defense Command, and Assistant Secretary of War, John J. McCloy, inspect the island. Heavy construction equipment and supplies unloaded at the beach. U.S. Army engineers commence building a U.S. base on Kiska. Soldiers hold a Japanese flag.
A presenter introduces a weekly radio program over a micro phone as it is being recorded at a Hollywood studio in Los Angles, California. Comedian Bob Hope performs.
Comedian Bob Hope introduces Betty Hutton on a weekly radio program over a micro phone as it is being recorded at a Hollywood studio in Los Angles, California. Betty sings a song for the soldiers as Bob Hope and Lana Turner joke. (World War II period).
Comedian Bob Hope introduces Judy Garland on the radio program 'Command Performance U.S.A as it is being recorded at a Hollywood studio in Los Angles, California. Judy Garland sings 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow.'
comedian Bob Hope proposes a vote of thanks in a sing song manner on a weekly radio program as it is being recorded at a Hollywood studio in Los Angles, California.
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