U.S. 10th Army Air Force in India on Thanksgiving Day during World War II. Interiors of kitchen show a cake being decorated on table. Sergeant brings pie and places it on a table. Indian bearer, Sunny Smith enters and admires cakes and pies. Sergeant Deal and Sunny exchange smiles. Two corporals opening cans of turkey. Cans of 'boneless turkey' on table. Corporals open cans.
U.S. 10th Army Air Force in India on Thanksgiving Day during World War II. Indian men watch a boxing match. Men sparring in a boxing ring.
U.S. 10th Army Air Force in India during World War II. Two mechanics on stand, work on U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator engine. One mechanic stops working and sits down. A man hands a bill to other man, he reads it, takes off cap and yells. Bill reads 'Attention 250 WACs'.
Film begins showing a group of African American paratroopers from the U.S. Army 555th Parachute Infantry Company (nicknamed the Triple Nickels) in Fort Benning, Georgia during World War 2. African American soldiers are inspecting their parachutes, laid out on a long table. One of them is a staff sergeant. Next, they don their helmets and then put on their backpack parachutes. Views of them adjusting their parachutes. Closeup of a Technical Sergeant assisting a Master Sergeant with his gear. The troopers double time in a line to an area for inspection. Their static lines are folded on their backpacks, and they hold their reserve chute against their stomachs. A sergeant gives them a final inspection, and they double time to a parked C-47 transport airplane that they board. Glimpse from inside the aircraft as they mount the stairs to the cabin. Next are several glimpses of troopers exiting the aircraft with their static lines hooked to the inside of the C-47. Change of scene shows view from window of a C-47, as a group of troopers begin boarding the aircraft. View along the side of a C-47 transport plane troopers' white parachutes open as they jump from the aircraft. They float away down and behind the aircraft. Aerial view of troopers jumping from left rear door of a C-47 transport plane in flight.
Pacific campaign of U.S. army in Bougainville Island, New Guinea during World War II. U.S. troops pull tree log across river to set up a footbridge. African American soldiers seated near edge of stream, wash socks. Troops carry ammunition boxes across a stream.
Pacific campaign of U.S. army on Bougainville Island, New Guinea during World War II. Four African American soldiers hold Japanese flag. A dead Japanese soldier. U.S. troops as they cross footbridge.
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