U.S. 6th Army Commander General Walter Kruger visits 33rd Division at La Trinidad in Luzon, Philippines during World War II. Soldiers of 33rd Division lined up on a filed in La Trinidad. The soldiers at attention. Troops march during an inspection. General Kruger with General Clarkson as he speaks to Colonel Arthur Collins while inspecting Regimental Command Post near La Trinidad.
A dramatization depicts war veterans appearing for NBC auditions in New York, United States after World War II. Clip opens with mix of staged and live footage scenes of soldiers making music during and after the war. A group of United States soldiers in France as they play musical instruments like guitar. A band of soldiers plays as audiences listen. A soldier sings while in a shower. A soldier plays an accordion. A group of African American soldiers sing at a microphone in a an outdoor area of a war torn country, while fellow soldiers, some white and some African American, listen and enjoy the music. Exterior view of the NBC ( National Broadcasting Corporation) building in New York and a sign for the Rainbow room. A radio announcer at the NBC studio announces about the auditions for returning veterans at the studio. A number of veterans appear for the auditions and stand in line in the NBC building to register. A veteran named Greg Graimes of 36th Division registers himself for the talent audition.
A dramatization depicts war veterans appearing for NBC auditions in New York, United States after World War II. A sign on a building reads ' NBC studios'. George from the NBC ( National Broadcasting Corporation) addresses the returning veterans before the auditions. Soldiers audition themselves one by one. They sing and play musical instruments like mouth organs. Three of them get selected. The Vice President of the NBC appeals to the veterans to appear for the auditions and assures them of being taken care of if they get selected.
United States prisoners after being released from a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines during World War II. American soldiers after being released from the Japanese prison camp. The soldiers loaded in carts. Trucks outside a building. A crippled soldier. The soldiers lying in beds. Two American prisoners introduce themselves and share their experiences about their life at the Japanese prison camp. The first soldier talks about the Bataan Death March to San Fernando from where the prisoners were taken to a prison camp. He says that the captured soldiers were made to march to San Fernando for 3 days and 3 nights and that the prisoners were not provided any food or water. He says that nearly 150 men out of 800 lost their lives during the march. Sergeant Daniel Smith narrates how the Japanese tortured the American soldiers at the prison camp.
United States prisoners after being released from a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines during World War II. U.S. Army Private First Class Pat Parker lying in a bed as he shares his experiences at the Japanese prison camp. He says that at the prison camp his weight reduced from 183 pounds to just 75 pounds. He also narrates how the Japanese used to torture the prisoners. He says that he was hanged by toes and water was sprayed on him. He says that he was hanged without food and water.
United States prisoners and British prisoners after being released from a Japanese prison camp at Cabanatuan in the Philippines during World War II. 511 Allied prisoners after being liberated from the Japanese prison camp. Soldiers get off a truck. Liberated soldiers share their experiences of the life at Japanese prison camps. British Sergeant Robert Fell speaks and says that he was taken prisoner in Singapore. He says that a number of prisoners lost their lives due to diphtheria, cholera and other diseases. He was taken to Thailand and brought back to Singapore from where the prisoners went aboard a Japanese ship. Majority of the prisoners lost their lives after the Japanese ship was sunk due to American air attack near Luzon. Then he was taken to the Cabanatuan prison camp. Another liberated prisoner Sergeant Samuel Goldy expresses gladness on being released by the Americans after 3 years of imprisonment.
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