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.
A friend or relative of a Lieutenant in the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team (comprising American soldiers of Japanese ancestry) receives a Third Army patch from a young woman (friend or relative) following completion of his unit's basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, during World War 2. Both the officer and the woman, laugh, as she sews the patch in place with needle and thread. When she finishes, he kisses her on the cheek. Then they shake hands. Another woman comes by to congratulate him followed by one of the Camp's training officers.
Soldiers of the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team (comprising Americans of Japanese ancestry) being trained by their own non-commissioned officers in World War 2. A group of 442nd soldiers stands in formation near a barracks. They all render a hand salute as their color guard passes with the American flag. Scene shifts to a Platoon of 442nd soldiers. Their Platoon Leader orders them to dress right and adjust their positions. Next he orders them to salute. He then moves along the formation, checking and occasionally correcting a soldiers hand position. Closeups of individual soldiers as the Platoon Leader makes small adjustments in their salutes. Next, a larger formation of soldiers stands at attention, including one holding a unit guidon. As a three-man color guard passes, all salute.
Soldiers of the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team (comprising Americans of Japanese ancestry) are seen on the day they complete their basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, during World War 2. Closeups of 442nd officers and brief glimpse of some of the soldiers. Brigadier General George M. Halloran, Commandant of Camp Shelby, and a Colonel, chat with officers of the 442nd, following the ceremony marking completion of their unit's basic training. Panning closeups of them all. The Colonel calls them to attention, and he and General Halloran dismiss them with exchanged salutes. Halloran then personally shakes hands with each of the officer. Closeups of the General and the Colonel.
Senate War Investigating Subcommittee Hearings,1947 in Washington DC. Officials seated for Senate Hearings. Retired Army Major General, Bennett E. Myers, testifies about his personal plan to borrow money to invest in Government bonds.He talks about his dinnertime conversation with Neil S. McCarthy and denies any intent to seek assistance in obtaining a loan from Howard Hughes.
A U.S. Navy Task Force underway in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Saipan, Mariana Islands during the Battle of Saipan of World War 2. Closeup of triple gun turrets turned to port on a U.S. warship in the task force. Shells striking at shoreline of the island in distance. View of warship in the distance firing its naval guns to port. A Flush deck destroyer escort firing to port, from close to the island. Sailors in position with a twin Bofors 40mm gun. At TC:00:37 mark is the USS Indianapolis CA 35 heavy cruiser.Landing craft approaching the shore, where smoke is rising. A huge explosion in the water near the shore. Shell bursts in the water short of the island. Landing craft underway.
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