Organization of the United States Army during World War 2. Process of forming a unit of Army Air Forces. Aviators during a march. Animated map shows its organization under Commanding General, Chief of Staff, 27 combat groups and 1750 planes. Planes at a base. Map shows Fighter Air Command, Bombers, Air Support and Air Service Commands. Line of new U.S. Army Air Force Airmen in civilian clothing as each of the new recruits raises their right hand to take an oath of service as they join the Army. Map shows flying training schools and technical training schools. Training imparted in 36 weeks to the aviation cadets. Cadets fly in formation. Fighter planes and bombers flying. Navigators, Gunners, Bomb crew, Tech training command, Engineers of planes trained. Fighter planes manufactured. (World War II period).
Organization of the United States Army, 'The Services of Supply'. Map showing classifications of various units. Supply of tanks to armed forces ensured by supply services. Map showing chart of procurement and transporting of raw materials to factories. Interiors of a tank manufacturing factory. Technicians and workers busy designing and mechanically aligning parts of a tank. Newly produced tank rolled out of the factory. Operations Department distributes the tanks. Soldiers step inside a Church. Women army troops of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC or WACS) being reviewed during a parade. (World War II period).
Organization of the United States Army and Services of Supply, their organizational set-up and duties. Map showing divided areas of operation under various units of Service Command. Housekeepers, house making and food for soldiers prepared by the Service Command employees. The Personal Department's activities are to recruit civilians in army. Civilians trained at Military Training Center. Civilians labor at a Steel factory. Workers, machinery and equipment, kilns and molten steel. (World War II period).
The Selective Service System (SSS) in United States, its functioning and effects. A U.S. Army officer instructs military aspirants outside an office. Men inside the office take written and physical ability test. A successful candidate receives a notice of selection in army. He talks to his girlfriend on telephone. He bids goodbye to his parents and neighbors. Men sworn in for the army. Bus carries them to a army training camp. A cemetery of United States soldiers, statue of soldiers raising flag at Iwo Jima.
Vietnamese awards to United States Servicemen on the United States Ship America (CVA-66). Deck edge elevator lowered to the hanger. On the elevator some U.S. Navy commanders and officers salute. Vice Admiral William F. Bringle and Lieutenant General Nguyan Van VY proceed to hanger over red carpet. Marines and ship band plays. Vice Admiral Bringle addresses from the speaker's stand. Other division officers on stage. Medals and awards to be presented. Lieutenant General Van VY addresses. Commodore Tran Van Chon seated between two U.S. Navy Admirals. Vietnamese officer reads names from a list as a U.S. Navy officer watches.
Vietnamese awards to United States Servicemen on the United States Ship America (CVA-66). Lieutenant General Nguyan Van VY, Minister of Defense Vietnam, presents medals to admirals of U.S. Navy admirals. Admirals salute him. Chalk marking on hanger deck reads names of officers awarded. Commodore Tran Van Chon presents awards. Officers approach and congratulate the awarded officers. A Marine Captain shakes hands with officers who received awards. An officer looks at the award certificate. Island structure and rotating antennae on the ship deck. Crewmen seen on it. (Vietnam War period).
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